How to Choose a School
When choosing a school, interview administrators and consider the following factors:
- What is the average class size or number of teachers per student?
- Will your child have full time teachers or part time/split shift teachers?
- Does the school offer music, theatre, and physical education classes?
- Are specialty classes such as foreign language taught by an educator that specializes in that or a teacher who teaches five other subjects as well? What experience and formal degrees do the teachers have?
- How many hours a week will your child be in class?
- Where do students end up going to college? Does a high percentage of alumni go on to prestigious universities? What percentage of alumni goes straight into the work force?
- How does the school's standardized test scores compare with the rest of the state and nation?
- What associations does the school belong to? What accreditations does it have?
- What are the facilities like? Look at classrooms, technology, curriculum, etc. Does the student body seem to have grown faster than the school facilities?
- What is the appearance of the students? How do they dress? Do they take school seriously?
Amazing Schools by City
Orange County offers some of the best public schools in the state. It is also the home of some of the best private schools in the nation. Here are a few such outstanding private schools:
Huntington Beach
Pegasus Day School (Elementary)
Newport Beach
Harbor Day School (Elementary)
Mission Viejo
Abiding Savior (Elementary)
Orange (North)
St. Paul's (Elementary)
Lutheran High School of Orange County (High School)
Orange (South)
St. John's (Elementary)
San Juan Capistrano
St. Margaret’s (Pre-School through High School) at 31641 La Novia Ave., San
Juan Capistrano 92675
Visit http://www.GreatSchools.net to research schools in your area.
If you highly recommend a school anywhere in Southern California, then please e-mail Dean to be considered for this list.