Notre Dame Preparatory High School is a private Catholic high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
The school was originally opened by the Tesseract Group, but by January 2001, it was announced they would be closing the school. It was reported there was interest by the Diocese in purchasing the school. The student's parents came together to make a bid on the 18-acre school for $9.6 million. "If we could stay on campus next year, we have time to build a school," said Betsey Kauffman, vice-president of the Tesseract North Scottsdale Foundation, a non-profit group that was formed in October 2000. "We could hold on to our student population and provide some security for our teachers," Kauffman said.
It was reported the Diocese outbid the parents by $2 million.
The site of the school was purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix in March 2001. It was confirmed the Diocese purchased the 36-acre site for $17 million.
David Gonsalves was appointed by Bishop Thomas O'Brien of the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, as the first principal of the school.
It was announced in November 2001, the school site would undergo a $9 to $10 million renovation, a gymnasium, chapel, and 16 new classrooms would be constructed for the new school.
Prospective students, were scheduled to take an entrance exam on January 19, 2002, and interview with Principal Gonsalves. Applicants were then notified by March 1, if they were accepted. "I believe our curriculum will be more stringent compared to regular high school," Gonsalves said. "Our goal is to send 100 percent of our kids to higher education."
The school opened in August 2002 with only a freshman and sophomore class. The first class of 72 students graduated on May 21, 2005.
The demographic breakdown of the 975 students enrolled for the 2023âÂÂ2024 school year was: