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Jewish Day Schools in Scottsdale, Arizona
Jewish day schools in Scottsdale, Arizona — we track 1 school currently operating here. This page lists name, grade range, and community structure where publicly available. Our matching quiz takes about five minutes and produces a personalized list: start the quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Scottsdale also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the center of the Scottsdale eruv.
Nearby, nearest first: Cheder Lubavitch Arizona (5 mi) · Yeshiva High School of Arizona (6 mi) · Yeshiva High School of Arizona, Yeshiva in Phoenix (6 mi) · Shearim Torah High School for Girls (7 mi) · Shearim Torah High School (7 mi) · Scottsdale Mesivta Hosts Fathers for Memorable Shabbos (8 mi) · Torah Day School of Phoenix (8 mi) · Temple Beth Sholom Chandler (16 mi).
1 early childhood · 3 elementary schools · 3 high schools · 2 other jewish schools
Schools in Scottsdale, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Early Childhood (Preschool & Kindergarten) · 1 school
Programs serving preschool and kindergarten-age children, often as standalone early childhood centers or the youngest grades of a larger school.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 3 schools
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
Co-ed
Gender mix not specified
High Schools (9–12) · 3 schools
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Girls
Gender mix not specified
Other Jewish Schools · 2 schools
Schools in our directory where we don't yet have a structured grade range on file.
Boys
Gender mix not specified
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
No schools match these filters.
About Jewish education in Arizona
Arizona has a modest but active Jewish day school presence across the Phoenix and Tucson areas. The state runs one of the oldest and most robust Empowerment Scholarship Account programs in the country, which meaningfully changes tuition economics for Arizona families — private school choice dollars in Arizona can cover a substantial share of day school tuition, depending on household income and program participation.
A year in Scottsdale
🌸 Spring Mar–May
85° / 56°
Short sleeves, a layer for evening · cold nights
Dry
Sweat dries at once, so shade and evenings feel cool.
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
106° / 79°
Lightest clothes; you will sweat through them
Comfortable
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
89° / 63°
Shorts and short sleeves
Dry
Sweat dries at once, so shade and evenings feel cool.
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
67° / 42°
Long sleeves or a light jacket
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 100°F, lows about 75°F, humidity about 32%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 100°F, lows about 75°F, humidity about 32%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 89°F, lows about 62°F, humidity about 28%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 67°F, lows about 44°F, humidity about 46%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 66°F, lows about 41°F, humidity about 47%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 74°F, lows about 48°F, humidity about 42%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 87°F, lows about 56°F, humidity about 28%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 94°F, lows about 63°F, humidity about 22%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 107°F, lows about 82°F, humidity about 27%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Scottsdale, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Scottsdale
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$967,500
$457 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$2,156 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$3,521 /yr
💵 Household income
$114,111
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 85018, 85254, 85258, covering the eruv on file, plus the areas around its congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 85018 $1,185,500 · 85254 $967,500 · 85258 $826,125. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $846,000. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Elementary $18,500 · 1 school
Published rates for 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the schools above, before aid. Bars run from $0 to $60,000. See what you would pay after aid →
Arizona: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
~1.67% at $90k
~2% at $150k, state only, married filing jointly
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $43,000
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account +4 more. None - universal eligibility, no income requirement.
🏛️ Federal credit
Governor vetoed
Governor vetoed the opt-in on 2026-04-14.
Program details checked 2026-08-16.
Homeschooling in Arizona
Notice
File an affidavit of intent with the county school superintendent within 30 days of starting.
Subjects or hours
Instruction must cover reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science.
Checked 2026-10-27 against azleg.gov. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Scottsdale
Congregations in and around Scottsdale, nearest first, measured from the center of the Scottsdale eruv. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
Other cities in Arizona with Jewish schools
Phoenix (7) · Chandler (5) · Tucson (3) · Glendale (1)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Scottsdale, Arizona
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?