Here are the Top 10 private schools in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?
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Top 10 private schools in Arizona
Here are the Top 10 private schools in Arizona, as featured in the 2025 edition of Ranking Arizona:
1. Northwest Christian School
Background: Northwest Christian School is a private Christian school with a mission to provide an educational program which upholds high standards of scholastic and behavioral excellence and furnishes instruction in Bible-based Christian faith. It is Northwest Christian School’s greatest honor to enable students to develop a Biblical worldview and prepare them to fulfill their God-ordained roles. NCS offers on-the-ground, traditional classroom experiences, online Christian education, and fully transferrable Frameworks online courses for public school students seeking Biblical world view.
2. Grand Canyon University
3. Villa Montessori
4. Notre Dame Preparatory High School
5. Gilbert Christian Schools
6. St. John’s Bosco Catholic School
7. Dream City Christian School
8. Paradise Valley Christian Preparatory
9. Xavier College Preparatory
10. Phoenix Christian Preparatory School
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