About Ankeny Christian Academy

At the heart of Ankeny Christian Academy is academic excellence, Christ-centered discipleship, and authentic relationships. It is a great privilege to partner with parents, guardians, and churches as we strive to live out these distinctive values at ACA in the classroom and through co-curricular and extracurricular activities like athletics, fine arts, community service, and other leadership activities.

ACA is an independent, non-denominational Christian school, accredited by the State of Iowa and Christian Schools International. ACA is a diverse body of believers representing more than 85 churches. Our Statement of Faith is steeped in biblical truth and represents the doctrinal distinctives that unify our families, administration, faculty and staff.

ACA provides a college-preparatory education integrated with a biblically grounded worldview. ACA offers preschool, begindergarten (transitional kindergarten), and kindergarten through 12th grade. 

Our School

ACA is located in Ankeny, Iowa. We are a Preschool through 12th grade independent non-denominational Christian school accredited by the Iowa Department of Education and Christian Schools International.

ACA is unique in having one building for all students, begindergarten through 12th grade. This encourages relationships between students of different ages and students with their teachers throughout their time at ACA.
In addition to an Elementary, Middle and High School, ACA offers a 3 and 4 year old preschool located at Faith Baptist Bible College. 

School hours are Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. Early dismissals on Fridays allow faculty to time for Professional Development weekly.

Our History

Ankeny Christian Academy began in February of 1992 when a small group of faithful Christian parents started praying about their children’s education. ACA opened in 1993 with 27 students and three teachers and has now grown to over 520 students.  ACA is grateful for the legacy of those who gave tirelessly of their time and resources. Families are continuing to partner with ACA to help prepare their children spiritually and academically to engage the gospel with the world.o our mission of equipping our students to engage the gospel with the world.