About
Canyon State Academy is a residential youth program and school in Queen Creek, Arizona. The academy is operated by Rite of Passage, which describes itself as a national provider of therapeutic, educational, shelter, aftercare, and intensive-treatment programs for youth involved in the juvenile justice system (Canyon State Academy).
The program's public history traces it to Arizona Boys Ranch, founded in 1948. Later archive and public-reference material identify Canyon State Academy as the renamed Queen Creek successor to Arizona Boys Ranch after the earlier organization drew intense scrutiny in the late 1990s (r/troubledteens archive, Phoenix New Times).
Canyon State remains active. Its current public materials emphasize education, athletics, vocational training, and youth development under Rite of Passage management.