Posted on 10/24/2025 6:17:44 AM PDT by Twotone
The Empowerment Scholarship Account, Arizona's school choice program, is projected to have over 100,000 students during fiscal year 2026, according to a new report.
The Empowerment Scholarship Account, Arizona's school choice program, is projected to have over 100,000 students during fiscal year 2026, according to a new report.
The Common Sense Institute released a report earlier in October showing the estimated number of students who will use ESA. Under the program, the money that would pay for a student's education in a neighborhood school follows the student to another school chosen by the parents. That includes home schooling, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
As of Sept. 15, Arizona’s ESA enrollment has 92,362, but the CSI report said the enrollment will increase to 102,800 this fiscal year. The program has grown since 2022, when CSI estimated 12,049 students were a part of the program.
This represents a 753% increase in student participation in the program.
Glenn Farley, the CSI director of policy and research, told The Center Square the people who use the ESA program the most are those living in middle-income zip codes, which the CSI report described as a family making between $75,000 and $150,000.
The CSI report said almost 57% of people using the ESA program come from a middle-income zip code.
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Good for them. They’ll actually get educated by seeking out the best.
Slowly but surely we see progress in school reform. I wish it were faster and in more states.
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