Durango Montessori School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-5 36 students 6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Private schools in Durango, CO
3 schools in Durango itself.
Durango private schools at a glance
Durango has 3 private schools of its own. They are Durango Montessori School, St. Columba School and Children's House of Durango. In Durango itself: 1 Catholic and 2 nonsectarian; 3 teach elementary grades and 0 teach high school; 2 are Montessori. All of them are co-ed. 2 report membership in a school association, most often the American Montessori Society (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 36 students and 6 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
Private schools in Durango (3)
Schools that give Durango as their address come first. Closest schools first. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in Durango matches all of those.
St. Columba School
1 mi Grades PreK-8 204 students 12.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Private schools
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Paying for private school in Colorado
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Durango?
3 private schools give Durango as their address: Durango Montessori School, St. Columba School and Children's House of Durango. Together they enrolled about 250 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Durango is St. Columba School with 204 students.
Does Colorado pay for private school?
No state program pays private school tuition. No Colorado state program pays private school tuition, and there is no state tuition tax credit or deduction.