Tucson Waldorf School
3605 E River Rd, Tucson, AZ 85718Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 167
- Students per teacher
- 10.4
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Tucson 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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 18
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 165 to 167, up 2 (1%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (22)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (15)
- Average a grade
- About 19
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 171
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,110
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Arizona
- 9 days shorter than the 180-day median of 295 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
- 10.4 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
- Size in Pima County
- Larger than 25 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.
Tucson Waldorf School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $11,750 to $23,250 a year, published by 3 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 Tucson Waldorf School?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gregory School | $18,620 to $23,250 | 2026-27 | 2.3 |
| Salpointe Catholic High School | $14,490 | 2026-27 | 2.5 |
| St. Cyril Elementary School | $11,750 | 2026-27 | 2.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucson Hebrew Academy | K-8 | 92 | <1 |
| Lambs Gate Christian School | PreK-K | 4 | 2 |
| Carden Christian Academy Central | PreK-8 | 53 | 2 |
| The Gregory School | 5-12 | 367 | 2 |
| Castlehill Country Day School | PreK-5 | 83 | 2 |
| Salpointe Catholic High School | 9-12 | 1,305 | 3 |
| St. Cyril Elementary School | K-8 | 359 | 3 |
| Satori | PreK-1 | 24 | 3 |
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