Virtual Preparation Academy of Arizona
433 N HALL, Mesa, AZ 85203
Public charter school (tuition-free)
Virtual Preparation Academy of Arizona is a public charter school in Mesa, AZ for grades K-11. It had 79 students in 2024-25, about 5.6 per teacher. As a public charter school it charges no tuition. It reports all of its teaching online, so the address below is its office.
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School facts
- Grades
- K-11
- Students
- 79 (2024-25)
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 14 (2024-25)
- Students per teacher
- 5.6
- Level
- Mixed grades
- School type
- Regular public school
- Instruction
- Fully online (2024-25)
- Tuition
- None (public charter school)
- County
- Maricopa County
- NCES school ID
- 040974503850
From the U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data: the public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary) for the address, phone, website, grades and authorizer; the 2024-25 membership and staff files for students and teachers. Figures move every year, so ask the school for today’s. NCES data files · Where our data comes from. Something wrong? Tell us.
What a charter school is
- Public and free. NCES describes a public charter school as a publicly funded school, usually run by a group or organization under a contract (the charter) with the state, the district or another body. The federal definition says a charter school does not charge tuition.
- Families choose it. Under the same definition, a charter school is one parents choose to send their children to, and it admits students by lottery when more apply than it has room for.
- No program badge. ChoiceFunded’s program badges and “schools that accept” lists cover private schools only. Charter schools are listed separately here, with no badge, and are never counted with private schools.
Sources: 20 U.S.C. 7221i (federal Charter Schools Program definitions); NCES, Condition of Education: Public Charter School Enrollment. Each state writes its own charter law, so ask the school how enrollment works there.
Other charter schools near Virtual Preparation Academy of Arizona
- Academy with Community Partners (9-12, under 1 mi)
- Montessori Education Centre Charter School - North Campus (K-7, under 1 mi)
- Learning Foundation (K-12, under 1 mi)
- Heartwood AZ (K-12, 2 mi)
- New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (K-6, 2 mi)
- Vista Grove Preparatory Academy (K-8, 2 mi)
- Heritage Academy (7-12, 2 mi)
- Sun Valley High School (9-12, 2 mi)