Affording SDFAS
2024-2025 Financial aid from San Diego French-American School
76
students have received financial aid
$875k
total financial aid allocated
$11k
average by student
2024-2025 Grants from the
French government
13
students have received a grant
$227k
total grants allocated
$17k
average by student
Financial Aid
- As an accredited bilingual private school in La Jolla, San Diego French-American School provides tuition assistance to qualified families of Kindergarten through 8th Grade students, based entirely on demonstrated financial need. This helps make a French language immersion education more affordable.
Please note the following important information:
- ONLY students in Kindergarten through 8th Grade are eligible for our school’s financial aid. Students in Toddler through PK2 are NOT eligible for financial aid.
- NEW THIS YEAR! Applications are submitted via our new partner, CLARITY.
- Clarity offers a streamlined and user-friendly financial aid application process that can take as few as twenty minutes to complete. It is mobile-friendly, so you can complete your application on your phone or tablet! Furthermore, your 1040 and W2 documents from 2023 will be automatically transferred from the IRS when you complete the verification step, so you will no longer need to upload those documents manually.
- New and returning families must create an account and submit their application before February 1, 2025.
Applications submitted after February 1 will be reviewed on a fund-available basis.
Information provided during the Financial Assistance process is kept in strict confidentiality.
Important Resources for Families
Click HERE to access the guide.
Click HERE to access the one-page walkthrough/tips.
All available in English and Spanish. The application itself is also fully translated into Spanish using the drop-down in the lower left corner.
- In-app support through the “Help” button in the lower left corner
- Email support at **support@clarityapp.com**
- Phone support at 206-210-3752
Standard (April through September)
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 8 pm ET
Extended Peak (October through March)
- Email and Chat Support
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 11 pm ET
- Saturday and Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm ET
- Phone Support
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 8 pm ET
- Saturday, 9am to 5 pm ET
Bourses Scolaires Françaises (2025-2026)
The French government awards scholarships to French nationals, three years and older, who demonstrate financial need.
Pour pouvoir bénéficier d’une bourse pour l’année scolaire 2025/2026, votre enfant doit atteindre ses 3 ans au plus tard le 31 décembre 2025.
Vendredi 14 février 2025: date limite de réception des dossiers au consulat.
Avril 2025 (date exacte non spécifiée à ce jour): le premier conseil consulaire des bourses scolaires émet des propositions
Juin 2025 (date exacte non spécifiée à ce jour): la première commission nationale des bourses scolaires arrête les décisions
Fin juin 2025: communication des décisions aux familles
Une deuxième commission en automne permet aux familles qui arrivent sur le territoire après la première commission de pouvoir bénéficier également des bourses si le besoin est démontré.
Veuillez consulter le site du consulat au lien ci-dessous pour plus d’information.
NOUVEAUTÉ CETTE ANNÉE! Les familles peuvent déposer leurs demandes de bourses scolaires en ligne via la plateforme Scolaide.
Military/DOD Fee Assistance Programs Administered By Child Care Aware® Of America (CCAoA)
Our child care facility meets the requirements for the fee assistance program and may receive fee assistance for military families that are approved as eligible to attend our facility. Military family eligibility can vary based on military branch and/or deployment status and cannot be determined until the family has applied to the program.
We encourage any/all pending military families to contact CCAoA’s Parent Services line at 1-800-424-2246 option 3 to determine their eligibility.
Our Provider ID number is P#9136092.
Once the family has submitted all required documentation, their file will need to be reviewed and completed before the final fee assistance approval can be made. The final approval will be sent via email in the form of a packet entitled Certificate for Child Care. The packet is sent to both parents and providers, detailing the fee assistance amount, family/sponsor amount, and attendance sheets. The attendance sheets need to be submitted per the guidelines enclosed in the approval packet in order to process the fee assistance.
Please note the following general policies regarding the Military Fee Assistance Program:
- The sponsor/parent is responsible for all child care fees prior to approval for fee assistance and after the expiration of a valid fee assistance certificate. Approval for parents and providers is not guaranteed for Military/DoD fee assistance programs.
- If there are any changes to the fee assistance certificate, such as schedule changes, rate changes, discounts, etc., those are to be reported to CCAoA prior to submitting the attendance sheet for the month the change takes effect.
- The provider rate displayed on the approval certificate should be the rate that is charged to any family regardless of whether they are in the military or not. The rate should include any discounts prior to receiving military fee assistance (i.e. multiple child discounts, employee discounts, state, and county child care fee assistance, etc.).
For more information about our Financial Aid program, contact Sarah Blek at the Admissions Office:
858-456-2807 x306 admissions@sdfas.org
