Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory
11875 N 24th St., Phoenix, AZ 85028Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 292
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Phoenix center
- 3.8 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
- 30
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 46% boys, 54% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 93%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- 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
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 262 to 292, up 30 (11%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (285 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 5 (30 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (11)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 22
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- Same as the median of the 295 private schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.4 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 119 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.
Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
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
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Montessori School | PreK-K | 6 | 2 |
| Gateway Academy | 6-12 | 107 | 2 |
| Aldea Montessori | PreK-K | 3 | 3 |
| Paradise for Tots Christian School | PreK-K | 20 | 3 |
| The Foundation for Blind Children | PreK-4 | 39 | 3 |
| Scottsdale Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 907 | 3 |
| Breakthrough Academy- East Campus | Transitional 1st-8 | 80 | 3 |
| The Jones-Gordon School | 1-12 | 166 | 4 |
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