Thunderbird Christian Elementary School Tuition, AZ

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: K-8
Students (K-12): 96
Students per teacher: 14.8
Affiliation: Seventh-Day Adventist
From Scottsdale center: 6.3 miles

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Can you use ESA here?

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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

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School facts

Teachers: 10
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 54% boys, 46% girls
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: 116 to 96, down 20 (17%)
Path: Dipped to 80 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 6 (15)
Smallest grade: Transitional kindergarten and grade 2 (4 each)
Across the grades: Classes fill up toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours 15 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,310
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: No
Year, against Arizona: Same as the median of the 295 private schools we list
School day, against Arizona: 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 14.8 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
Size in Maricopa County: Larger than 63 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 Christian Elementary School 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	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Thunderbird Adventist Academy	9-12	131	11	Seventh-Day Adventist	<1
Pardes Jewish Day School	K-8	293	7.5	Jewish	<1
Desert Sky Montessori	PreK-K	9	not reported	Nonsectarian	<1
Rainbow Montessori School - Voltaire	PreK-K	1	not reported	Nonsectarian	1
Rainbow Montessori School - Cactus	PreK-K	1	not reported	Nonsectarian	1
Brightmont Academy	1-12	82	2.2	Nonsectarian	2
Blessed Sacrament Preschool & Kindergarten	K	10	5	Roman Catholic	2
Chaparral Christia Community Schools	K-6	39	19.5	Christian (nondenominational)	2

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