Christ Lutheran School
3901 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 500
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Affiliation
- Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
- From Phoenix center
- 7.6 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 32
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 48% boys, 52% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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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On its website
- Application fee: $300: clsphx.org/adults, read October 14, 2026.
- What Christ Lutheran School says on clsphx.org, read October 14, 2026.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 451 to 500, up 49 (11%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (454 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten and grade 2 (60 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (42)
- Average a grade
- About 55
- Ungraded classes
- 8 students
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Arizona
- 8 days shorter than the 180-day median of 295 schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 10 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 15.9 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 145 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.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Christ Lutheran School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,180 to $37,300 a year, published by 4 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 Christ Lutheran School?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Country Day School | $32,900 to $37,300 | 2026-27 | 1.5 |
| St. Teresa Catholic School | $15,180 to $15,600 | 2026-27 | 1.7 |
| St. Theresa Catholic School | $15,180 to $15,600 | 2026-27 | 1.7 |
| New Way Academy | $33,000 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Academy Phoenix | K-7 | 34 | 1 |
| Phoenix Country Day School | PreK-12 | 730 | 1 |
| St. Teresa Catholic School | PreK-8 | 293 | 2 |
| St. Theresa Catholic School | PreK-8 | 331 | 2 |
| Arcadia Montessori School | K | 7 | 2 |
| St. Thomas the Apostle School | K-8 | 489 | 2 |
| New Way Academy | 2-12 | 254 | 2 |
| Phoenix Christian School Pk-8 | PreK-8 | 144 | 2 |
Private schools
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- Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account: amount and eligibility
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