Gila Preparatory Academy was a high school in Safford, Arizona.

It was run by a company known as the Gila Educational Group, of which the head was Crae Wilson, Jr.

In a settlement, the Gila Educational Group agreed to close the middle school effective 30 June 2010 and to stop serving students in grades 7 and 8; it also agreed to create a performance improvement plan with the ADE to improve AIMS scores that extended through June 2013.

[2] Continued decreases in state funding forced the high school to close after the 2010–11 school year and its assets to be sold off to meet its financial obligations.

[3] Gila Prep's ten staffers lost their jobs.