West Valley Christain School
16260 W Van Buren St., Goodyear, AZ 85338Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $9,100
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 351
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Goodyear center
- 3.3 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
- ESA’s 2026-27 amount per student is not yet verified word for word, so it is not subtracted. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 25
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- 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
- 168 to 351, up 183 (109%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (246 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (58)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (23)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 143
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,030
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- 37 days shorter than the 180-day median of 295 schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 15.2 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 131 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.
West Valley Christain School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $9,100
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $10,795
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $11,594
Tuition from West Valley Christain School's website, checked October 5, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Valley Montessori School | K-5 | 33 | <1 |
| St. John Vianney Catholic School | PreK-8 | 387 | 3 |
| Victory Autism Academy | K-12 | 316 | 3 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | PreK-8 | 458 | 4 |
| John Paul II Catholic High School | 9-12 | 370 | 4 |
| St. Peter's Episcopal Montessori School | PreK-4 | 36 | 4 |
| The Goddard School | PreK-K | 13 | 4 |
| Trinity Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 233 | 5 |
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