Tustin Foothills

We sent both of our children to Holy Family and would recommend this school to anyone. The teachers, staff, and administration work together to create a loving, faith-filled, and academically challenging environment in which our children thrived. The smaller class sizes help support the needs of the students, whether they need academic assistance or rigor to prepare them for the future. Teachers and staff create an effective balance between curriculum and the social emotional needs of the student body. There are so many fun activities and traditions that bring the everyone together. We have been blessed to have been part of the HFCS community and look forward to seeing how its legacy will continue for many years to come.

Our family had a bad experience last year, and this year’s rosters reinforced our concerns. In our experience, there appeared to be preferential treatment for staff families in both teacher assignments and front-row seating—even though my son was the only student wearing glasses in his class and needed a closer seat. As the new year began, there was still no assigned 3rd-grade teacher. When we chose to withdraw before school started, the school declined to refund two months of tuition (the registration fee is explicitly non-refundable per policy). Throughout our correspondence, the tone from leadership was unnecessarily harsh and not what we expected from a Christian school. We also noticed teacher departures during our time there, which added to the instability. Based on our experience, we cannot recommend this school.