Ridgeline Academy
39808 N Gavilan Peak Pkwy, Anthem, AZ 85086Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 1,039
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Cave Creek center
- 8.9 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
- 68
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 94%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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 4 (95)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (48)
- Average a grade
- About 80
- High school grades
- Average 59; lower grades 89
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- 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
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 15.7 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 155 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.
Ridgeline Academy tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $10,100 to $15,529 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
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Valley Christain Academy | $13,459 to $15,529 | 2026-27 | 4.0 |
| Annunciation Catholic School | $10,100 to $10,400 | 2026-27 | 10.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Valley Christain Academy | PreK-12 | 641 | 4 |
| Carefree Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 71 | 10 |
| Brightmont Academy | 1-12 | 26 | 10 |
| Annunciation Catholic School | K-8 | 245 | 10 |
| Bayer Private School | PreK-8 | 95 | 11 |
| Cross of Glory Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 121 | 12 |
| Dynamite Montessori | PreK-6 | 75 | 12 |
| Cave Creek Montessori | PreK-K | 10 | 12 |
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