Lighthouse Christian Academy, in Santa Monica, California, is an American private, college preparatory Christian school founded in 1992 as an outgrowth of the Lighthouse Church School (founded in 1983).^[1] As of 2007, it is accredited by the International Christian Accrediting Association, an independent Christian educational association.^[2]

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Lighthouse Christian Academy
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Coordinates	34.034774°N 118.471384°W / 34.034774; -118.471384
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Established	1992 (1992)
Website	www.thelighthousechristianacademy.com

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The Academy was an extension of the Lighthouse Church School, a ministry of the Lighthouse Church in Santa Monica.^[3] It started in the rooms of the church and was taught mostly by parents who wanted an alternative to the secular education of the public schools.^[1] But enrollment growth prompted the purchase of the separate campus for the high school in 2004, about a mile from the Lighthouse Church School.^[1] The college preparatory school is largely the brainchild of Lighthouse Church Senior Pastor Rob Scribner, a former UCLA and LA Rams football player^[4]

Enrollment is currently about 50 students. Its student body is 34% white, 34% Hispanic, 14% African American, 8% Asian, 10% international.^[5] Tuition is $6000,^[6] though much higher for international students.^[7] In addition to their studies, international students receive housing with a host family.^[8]

The Academy is accredited by AdvancED under the taxonomy of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.^[9] The student to teacher ratio is 10:1, and the school claims that 80% of its graduates go on to four-year universities.^[5]

The Academy is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation, Southern Section and Harbor League.^[10] In 2004 and 2005, the Academy's volleyball team won the CIF league championship,^[11] and in the years 1997 and 2004 the football team won runner-up.^[12]

• Joy Womack, former Bolshoi ballerina ^[13]
• Jordan Payton, UCLA wide receiver^[14]