Ironwood Hybrid Academy, Scottsdale
A classical K-12 school built around the hybrid week. Monday and Thursday your child is here, in a cohort of sixteen, with Latin from third grade and Socratic seminar in the upper school. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday the plan comes home with them.
Memory, phonics, arithmetic, chant
The years for storing things: the times tables sung, the Latin declensions chanted, the geography of Arizona and then the world drawn from memory. Campus days are teacher-led. Home days follow a printed packet with a 90-minute core.
Argument, proof, Latin prose, lab science
Students learn to ask why. Formal logic in Grade 7, Euclid in Grade 8, Caesar in Latin, and the first written debates. Home days shift from packets to a weekly plan the student manages, with Wednesday office hours by video.
Seminar, thesis, calculus, Greek elective
Every campus day includes a two-hour Socratic seminar on the term's texts. Seniors write and defend a 40-page thesis in April. Dual enrollment through Scottsdale Community College is available from Grade 11.
Every cohort follows the same rhythm for 36 weeks. Campus days are teacher-led. Home days are guided by a printed packet in Grammar School and a weekly plan in Logic and Rhetoric, with office hours on Wednesday.
Teach the week's new material.
Practice at your table, on your clock.
Ask the teacher anything, live.
Check, discuss, extend.
Finish, read, and go outside.
2 days on campus, 3 days at your table, 36 weeks. Same five columns from kindergarten to senior year.
What a home day asks of you
The packet lists the core for each home day in the order the teacher would run it, with the answer key sealed in the back. Parents check work, initial the log, and send questions to Wednesday office hours. Nobody at home is asked to teach Latin.
By Logic School the student holds the plan. By Rhetoric School most families report under half an hour a week of involvement beyond signing the log.
Each cohort holds sixteen. Counts update every Friday at 4:00. A $500 deposit holds a seat for 14 days while the family file is completed.
| Grade | Cohort | Campus days | Seats left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Saguaro | Mon, Thu | 5 | Reserve |
| 1 | Ocotillo | Mon, Thu | 3 | Reserve |
| 2 | Mesquite | Mon, Thu | 7 | Reserve |
| 3 | Palo Verde | Mon, Thu | 2 | Reserve |
| 4 | Ironwood | Mon, Thu | 6 | Reserve |
| 5 | Juniper | Mon, Thu | 0 | Waitlist |
| 6 | Agave | Mon, Thu | 4 | Reserve |
| Grade | Cohort | Campus days | Seats left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Cholla | Mon, Thu | 8 | Reserve |
| 8 | Yucca | Mon, Thu | 1 | Reserve |
| 9 | Pinyon | Mon, Thu | 9 | Reserve |
| 10 | Manzanita | Mon, Thu | 6 | Reserve |
| 11 | Sotol | Mon, Thu | 3 | Reserve |
| 12 | Cottonwood | Mon, Thu | 0 | Waitlist |
| Counted Friday, August 28, 2026. Sibling and returning-family windows closed June 1. | ||||
| 2027-28 tuition | Grades | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar School | K to 5 | $8,900 |
| Logic School | 6 to 8 | $9,600 |
| Rhetoric School | 9 to 12 | $10,400 |
| Seat deposit, credited to tuition | All | $500 |
| Elective term registration (choir, studio art, Greek) | 3 to 12 | $180 |
| Field study, per trip | All | $30 to $140 |
We are an approved ClassWallet vendor. Most Empowerment Scholarship Account awards for grades 1 to 12 land between $7,300 and $8,100 a year, so a Grammar School family typically pays $70 to $135 a month for the difference. Kindergarten awards are lower; ask admissions for the current figure. Tuition is invoiced in ten monthly installments from August, and ESA families can direct-pay each invoice through ClassWallet with no card on file.
Faculty
There are no part-time specialists at Ironwood. A teacher who leads a cohort on Monday is the same teacher who returns its quiz on Thursday and answers its questions on Wednesday. Average tenure is 3.4 years in a school that is four years old.
Field studies calendar, 2027-28
Trips are registered by term through the parent portal. Registration opens six weeks ahead and closes when the bus is full, usually at 48 students.
The packet is the whole trick. Tuesday I know exactly what to check and it takes an hour. I was not going to teach fourth-grade Latin and nobody asked me to.Jenna Castillo, Grade 4 and Grade 2, North Scottsdale
Our son reads the Odyssey on a Wednesday morning and argues about it on Thursday with fifteen kids who read the same pages. That is the school. Everything else is logistics.Marcus and Adaeze Okonkwo, Grade 9, Cave Creek
The ESA covered all but $112 a month. ClassWallet paid the school directly. We never touched a card.Priscilla Nguyen, Kindergarten, Fountain Hills
Questions parents ask on the tour
A school. Ironwood is a private school registered with the Arizona Department of Education. Students are enrolled here, graded here, and receive an Ironwood transcript. Home days are directed by our teachers; parents supervise and sign the log.
In Grammar School, about ninety minutes of sitting nearby, checking work against the sealed key, and initialing the log. From Grade 6 the student manages the weekly plan. Teacher office hours run Wednesday 10:00 to 12:00 by video for every cohort.
Yes. We are a ClassWallet vendor, so ESA families direct-pay each monthly invoice from their account. The seat deposit is usually paid by card and reimbursed through ESA once the school year begins. Admissions will walk you through it on the call.
Join the waitlist at no charge. Waitlist order is by date. In 2026 we seated eleven waitlisted students before August 1. Grade 5 and Grade 12 are the only full cohorts for 2027-28 at the moment.
A simple dress code, no uniform vendor. Students play in Scottsdale club and CYO leagues; the academy fields cross-country and a chess team. Campus days end at 3:00, which leaves the afternoon open.
The first senior class graduates in May 2027. The class of eleven currently holds offers from Arizona State's Barrett Honors College, University of Arizona, Hillsdale, and Baylor.
Visit and inquire
Tours run on campus days at 9:00 and last about ninety minutes, including twenty minutes in a classroom. Send the form and admissions replies the same business day with times.