Welcome to Chandler Preparatory Academy
Chandler Prep stands two miles north of the Price Road innovation corridor, where semiconductor engineers and software designers remind us daily that clear thinking and strong character never go out of style. We serve students in grades 6-12—middle school and high school—and guide them through a seven-year educational experience. Because Chandler Prep belongs to the Great Hearts network, every lesson grows from the pursuit of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.
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Begin your journey into the heart of classical education with just a click. Watch a virtual tour of Chandler Prep where we foster virtuous scholars and deep thinkers. Witness firsthand how our teachers inspire a passion for lifelong learning, logic, and moral integrity. This isn't merely a tour of our school; it's a gateway to becoming part of a community dedicated to academic excellence and living the values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Discover the unique spirit of Great Hearts—where every lesson shapes well-rounded, virtuous citizens.
Why Families Choose Chandler Prep
Top-Tier Academic Results
Class of 2024 graduates earned nearly $6.5 million in merit scholarships, posted an average SAT of 1255 (+205 over the national mean), and boasted 1 National Merit Finalist.
Classical Curriculum, Modern Mastery
Humane Letters seminars, Euclid-based geometry, and four years of Latin or Spanish build the habits of deep thought and articulate expression.
Titan Spirit in Athletics
Recent AIA state titles in Track and Field showcase discipline that begins in the classroom and finishes on the podium.
Top-Ranked School in Arizona
Chandler Prep is ranked the #1 6-12 school in Arizona (among charter and public district schools) by the Arizona Department of Education.
Academic life at Chandler Prep begins in wonder and matures into mastery.
Middle-school students internalize the grammar of every discipline. They solve algebra problems that reveal the structure hidden inside numbers, trace Euclid’s first proofs with straightedge and compass, and learn to translate Latin sentences until word order no longer masks meaning. Literature selections—The Iliad, Beowulf, and The Tempest—train the moral imagination, while hands-on labs invite students to chart monsoon rainfall and model groundwater recharge for a city that knows drought firsthand.
By high school the curriculum widens into an honors sequence that rivals elite preparatory schools. Students spend two hours each day in Humane Letters, pairing primary-source history with authors from Dante to Dostoevsky; mathematics ascends through calculus or economics; laboratory sciences rely on original texts as often as modern manuals, so biology, chemistry, and physics remain tethered to the great chain of discovery. Four years of Latin or Spanish culminate in the ability to read Virgil without translation or carry on a fluent discussion of Cervantes. Graduates routinely earn National Merit recognition, gold medals on the National Latin Exam, and scholarships to engineering, liberal-arts, and conservatory programs across the country.
Yet Chandler Prep refuses to measure success by transcripts alone.
The heart of the program is virtue education woven quietly into everything: the patience required to master a Euclidean proof, the courage to deliver an unflinching speech, the temperance that comes from balanced study and leisure, and the justice practiced when older students mentor sixth-graders through the Spartan House system.
A Welcoming Community for Every Family
Our campus at Warner and Alma School sits minutes from the US 60, making the academy accessible to families across Chandler, Tempe, Mesa, and the East Valley.
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Questions? Give us a call at (480) 855-5410
Start with the virtual tour, then schedule an on-campus tour where you can observe classes, chat with students, and meet faculty. If you share our belief that the best school is one that shapes both intellect and heart, you will find a home here among the Titans. We look forward to welcoming your family into a tradition that stretches back to Socrates and forward to whatever brave new world our graduates will one day inherit.
With warm regards,
With warmest regards,
John-Paul F. Poppleton,
Headmaster
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