The Inspiration Academy
13771 N Ftn Hls Blvd # 114-610, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- K-10
- Students (K-12)
- 52
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Fountain Hills center
- Under 1 mile
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
- 10
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- 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 7 (10)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 8 (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 5
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Arizona
- Same as the median of the 295 private schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.5 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 41 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.
The Inspiration Academy tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $20,540 to $22,250 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 The Inspiration Academy?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Preparatory | $22,250 | 2026-27 | 8.3 |
| International School of Arizona | $20,540 | 2026-27 | 8.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hman'shawa Day School | PreK-K | 9 | 4 |
| Camelback Desert School | PreK-K | 15 | 8 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory | 9-12 | 975 | 8 |
| New Covenant Lutheran School | PreK-Transitional K | 27 | 8 |
| International School of Arizona | K-8 | 337 | 9 |
| Noahs Ark Preschool and Kindergarten | PreK-K | 6 | 10 |
| Thunderbird Christian Elementary School | K-8 | 96 | 11 |
| Thunderbird Adventist Academy | 9-12 | 131 | 11 |
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