Arizona Preparatory Academy

Arizona Preparatory Academy is a tiny senior high in Phoenix, Arizona, run under North Star Charter School Inc. (79701). The school serves 233 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Arizona Preparatory Academy sits 63% smaller than that benchmark.

Arizona Preparatory Academy is a school of North Star Charter School Inc. (79701), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Arizona Preparatory Academy lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White, 6% Native American, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, Arizona Preparatory Academy logs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 38.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Arizona Preparatory Academy is one campus in the mix.

Legacy Traditional School - Phoenix is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Arizona Preparatory Academy operates from an urban location. Arizona Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 33%: 348 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 59% to 85%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.