Caritas Academy
PO Box 1317, Chandler, AZ 85244Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- K-9
- Students (K-12)
- 118
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Chandler center
- 1.8 miles
Can you use ESA here?
Arizona publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the ESA list works
- Applying
- Applications are accepted year-round and funding is paid quarterly.
Source: ESA official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Classical and Christian Schools
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 2 (16 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (3)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,310
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- Same as the median of the 295 private schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.6 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 72 of 160 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Caritas Academy tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $9,865 to $20,100 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Education savings account
- Award
- About $7,000 to $8,000 for most students (2025-26 figures)
- How it varies
- We could not confirm the 2026-27 amount from the state. By law the deposit is 90% of the state funding the student would bring to a charter school. Students with disabilities receive far more.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Caritas Academy?
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Tuition and fees ESA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary-Basha Catholic School | $9,865 | 2026-27 | 0.5 |
| Seton Catholic Preparatory | $20,100 | 2026-27 | 1.9 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary-Basha Catholic School | PreK-8 | 366 | <1 |
| New Vistas Center for Education | PreK-6 | 327 | <1 |
| East Valley JCC | PreK-K | 7 | <1 |
| Hope Christian Academy | PreK-8 | 136 | 2 |
| St. Dominic Savio Academy | K-12 | 30 | 2 |
| Seton Catholic Preparatory | 9-12 | 559 | 2 |
| Bella Montessori Preschool | PreK-3 | 12 | 3 |
| Tri-City Christian Academy | K-12 | 263 | 3 |
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