Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Upper School
9500 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85704Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $15,499
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 396
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- Affiliation
- Presbyterian
- From Tucson center
- 16.4 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
- ESA’s 2026-27 amount per student is not yet verified word for word, so it is not subtracted. See the school’s tuition
School facts
- Teachers
- 37
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 48% boys, 52% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 95%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 560 to 396, down 164 (29%)
- Path
- Peaked at 591 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (103)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (91)
- Average a grade
- About 99
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 176
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,200
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- 4 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
- 11.3 here; median 10.8 at 25 AZ secondary schools
- Size in Pima County
- Larger than 39 of 43 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.
Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Upper School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $15,499
Tuition from Pusch Ridge Christian Academy Upper School's website, checked October 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mis Manos Montessori School | PreK-K | 2 | 2 |
| Immaculate Heart Academy | PreK-8 | 136 | 2 |
| Ascension Lutheran Preschool | PreK-K | 18 | 2 |
| St. Andrew's Preschool & Kindergarten | PreK-K | 15 | 2 |
| Resurrection Lutheran Child Development Center | PreK-K | 12 | 3 |
| St. Marks Early Childhood Center | PreK-K | 14 | 3 |
| Kino Learning Center | 3-8 | 82 | 4 |
| Casas Christian School | K-8 | 408 | 4 |
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