Case Study: Stockdale Christian School achieves a streamlined, confidential, non‑biased financial aid process with TADS

Stockdale Christian School - Customer Case Study

Stockdale Christian School is a 32‑year interdenominational preschool–8 school in Bakersfield, CA (enrollment 940) that integrates faith, academics, and an acclaimed music conservatory. The school’s finance committee had been reviewing every financial aid application directly, a process that was time‑consuming, potentially biased, and required storing sensitive family information on campus.

Stockdale implemented the TADS Financial Aid Assessment, which removes applicant data from campus, applies quantitative algorithms to recommend non‑biased grant amounts, and can be tailored to the school’s budgets, phases, and supplemental requirements. The change increased confidentiality and consistency, reduced the emotional awkwardness of decisions, gave leaders a clearer view of family needs without holding private details, and made administrators and families more comfortable with a third‑party process—though a few long‑term aid families opted not to reapply.

Stockdale Christian School