Thunderbird Adventist Academy
7410 E Sutton Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85260Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 131
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Affiliation
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- From Scottsdale center
- 6.2 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
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- 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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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 132 to 131, down 1 (1%)
- Path
- Dipped to 126 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (41)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (23)
- Average a grade
- About 33
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
- 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
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 11 here; median 10.8 at 25 AZ secondary schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 78 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.
Thunderbird Adventist Academy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbird Christian Elementary School | K-8 | 96 | <1 |
| Pardes Jewish Day School | K-8 | 293 | <1 |
| Desert Sky Montessori | PreK-K | 9 | <1 |
| Rainbow Montessori School - Voltaire | PreK-K | 1 | 1 |
| Rainbow Montessori School - Cactus | PreK-K | 1 | 1 |
| Brightmont Academy | 1-12 | 82 | 2 |
| Blessed Sacrament Preschool & Kindergarten | K | 10 | 2 |
| Chaparral Christia Community Schools | K-6 | 39 | 2 |
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