Tuition & Financial Assistance

List of 8 frequently asked questions.

• Tuition:

  2024-2025 School Year Tuition: $23,000

  2024-2025 Registration Fee: $1,000 for new and returning students

  Additional fees are also required for athletics, retreats and certain academic courses.

  St. Francis High School has partnered with Blackbaud Tuition Management for all tuition billing. There are three tuition payment options: payment in full, quarterly payments and monthly (10) payments. Blackbaud Tuition Management accepts tuition payments via credit/debit card (with ~2.6% Blackbaud transaction fee), ACH (payments from your checking or savings account), or check. 

• Financial assistance:

  St. Francis High School, of La Canada Flintridge, provides need-based financial assistance to approximately 40% of its families. Qualified students who require assistance in meeting tuition costs may apply. In order for us to allocate our resources wisely and fairly, we have enlisted the help of Blackbaud Financial Aid Management. Blackbaud provides a need-based financial aid analysis service indicating their recommendation of what a family should reasonably contribute toward tuition. In addition to the Blackbaud application, all applicants must also submit the SFHS Financial Assistance Questionnaire. All information from Blackbaud and the questionnaire is kept confidential. Complete applications are reviewed by the SFHS Financial Assistance Committee, which determines the allocation of financial aid awards.

• Incoming freshmen ONLY:

  Incoming ninth graders must apply online through Blackbaud Financial Aid Management by January 31. Parents will be asked to upload a complete copy of the family’s Federal & State Income Tax Returns (2023 IRS 1040 with all accompanying schedules) as well as 2023 W-2's and 1099s. Financial aid recipients will be notified in conjunction with their acceptance letter. Merit Scholarships are awarded based on a student’s performance on the entrance examination given at St. Francis High School.  The Merit Scholarship recipients will be notified with their acceptance letter.

• For incoming freshmen (deadline January 31):

  SFHS Financial Assistance Questionnaire
  Blackbaud Financial Aid Management Application

• ALL returning and transfer students:

  Families must re-apply for financial assistance each year online through Blackbaud Financial Aid Management by March 1. Parents must upload a complete copy of the family’s Federal and State Income Tax Returns (2024 IRS 1040 with all accompanying schedules) as well as 2024 W-2s and 1099s.

• For returning and transfer students (deadline March 1):

  SFHS Financial Aid Questionnaire
  Blackbaud Financial Aid Management Application

• Applying for financial assistance:

  1. Parents may access the appropriate Blackbaud Financial Aid Management Application.

  2. There will be a non-refundable fee of $35 required to process your application payable only by credit card. When Blackbaud has received the processing fee, your application and all of your applicable tax return information, they will forward the completed application to St. Francis High School.

• Items to Submit:

  Business — Schedule C or C EZ 1040
  Farm — Schedule F 1040
  Rental Property — Schedule E 1040
  LLC, S Corporation or Partnership — Schedule E 1040, Form 1120S, Schedule K-1
  Trust — Schedule K-1