Eastside College Preparatory School is independent and private, supported entirely by donations and grants; as of June 2009[update] it had approximately $80 million in property and cash endowments.

[5] An alumni team supports students' progress in college and as they transition to professional careers.

[7] The school was founded in 1996 by Bischof and Helen Kim, the vice principal, who met while students at Stanford University.

[1] Mathematics teacher Marianne Chowning-Dray received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015.

[9] Eastside College Preparatory School has athletics programs in basketball,[8][10] soccer, volleyball, cross country, and track and field.