If you live in Arizona, you need to look into the state tax credits for education. We are the only state in the union, that I know of, where you can specifically earmark the taxes you pay for a specific school. Up to a thousand dollars for a married couple can be donated to any school, even private, parochial, or charter schools, and that money is given as a dollar for dollar tax break come April 15th.
Look into it, desert-dwellers, especially the CTODP