Admission

How to Apply

Our online admission application for students applying to grades 9-12 for the 2025-2026 school year is now open!

Applications for our inaugural 7th and 8th grade middle school classes will open September 1, 2025.

If you would like to apply for our Flexible Tuition program, please visit the Affording Sage Hill page to learn more. Please email any questions regarding the admission process to admission@sagehillschool.org.

The online application process is simple

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  • Please Follow the Instructions Below

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  • Complete an Online Inquiry

    If you have not already completed an official inquiry, please do so by clicking here.

  • Begin the Online Application Process

    Our online admission application for students applying to grades 9-12 for the 2025-2026 school year is now open!

  • Complete the Application Checklist

    • After the online application has been accepted (typically 48 hours excluding weekends), log back into your account to access the application checklist.
    • Upload a copy of your child’s original birth certificate.
      • If your child was not born in the United States, please upload the following:
        • a translated copy of the birth certificate to English.
        • a copy of the current Permanent Resident Card or Appropriate Visa (cannot be F1, J1 or M1).

  • On-Campus Interview

    • Upon birth certificate verification, a new checklist item will appear for you to schedule the applicant’s interview.
    • Interviews are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
    • Interviews are for the student only and take about one hour.
    • Parents applying for Flexible Tuition will meet with the Associate Director of Admission and Financial Aid at the same time as the student interview.

  • Required Standardized Testing

    All applicants must take either the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) or the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT).

    ISEE
    • Official score reports, sent directly to Sage Hill School using code 054282, must be submitted by the application deadline date of January 31.
    • Sage Hill will accept ISEE tests taken at a test site or at home. The at-home online version proctored by the ERB or Prometric are accepted.

    SSAT
    • Official score reports, sent directly to Sage Hill School using code 7039, must be submitted by the application deadline date of January 31.
    • Sage Hill will accept SSAT tests taken at a test site or at home.

    English Language Proficiency

    If your child has not completed three (3) full years of schooling in the United States for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, one of the English proficiency tests will need to be taken and passed with our minimum score requirements as indicated by clicking here. If your child has completed three full years of schooling in the United States for the years stated above, please submit a copy of report cards or transcripts for the last three years as soon as possible to verify the child's eligibility.

  • Official Transcripts

    • Download, print, and fill out the Parental Permission for Release of Students Records form.
    • Return the completed form to the applicant’s current school.
      • If your child attended more than one school in the last two years, a form must be submitted to each school for official Transcripts and records must be sent directly from the current school to Sage Hill School.

  • Recommendations

    All required recommendations are submitted through the application checklist.  Insert the names and email addresses for the following:
    • Current Principal, Head of School, Counselor or Advisor
    • Current English Teacher
    • Current Math Teacher
    The recommendation forms will be emailed directly to the person listed.  Once the recommendation form has been completed and submitted by one of the people listed above, the item within the checklist will be automatically checked off.

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Sage Hill School

20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast, CA 92657
Phone: 949.219.0100  |  Fax: 949.219.1399
Sage Hill School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and athletic and other School administered programs.