Montessori schools in Birmingham, AL
4 in Birmingham or within 6 miles; schools in Birmingham itself count at any distance from downtown. 3 are on the state’s CHOOSE Act list. Schools that report a Montessori program or belong to a Montessori association.
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8133 students4.3 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8116 students5.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-897 students5.2 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades KNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Montessori schools near Birmingham by the numbers
- Where
- all 4 in Birmingham
- Students
- about 346 in all; the typical school has 116
- Smallest and largest
- Hilltop Montessori School, 97 students; Creative Montessori School, 133 students
- Students per teacher
- 5.2 typical, 4.3 to 5.3 across 3 schools
- Not taught by these 4
- high school
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Montessori Society
- Verified tuition
- Joseph S Bruno Montessori Academy $13,225
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,000 per student at a participating school
How CHOOSE Act works
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Alabama CHOOSE Act schools, list dated October 23, 2026, checked October 26, 2026.
- Award and rules: Alabama CHOOSE Act, official page, read October 1, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
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