Montessori schools in Illinois (102)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Near North Montessori	Chicago	PreK-8	375	7.8	Nonsectarian
Rogers Park Montessori School	Chicago	PreK-8	249	6.6	Nonsectarian
Chiaravalle Montessori School	Evanston	PreK-8	198	6.2	Nonsectarian
Beacon Academy	Evanston	9-12	155	6.8	Nonsectarian
Guidepost Montessori at Magnificent Mile	Chicago	K-6	150	3.8	Nonsectarian
Montessori Academy of Chicago	Chicago	PreK-5	145	7.2	Nonsectarian
Dupage Montessori School	Naperville	PreK-8	137	9.1	Nonsectarian
Intercultural Montessori Language School	Chicago	PreK-8	133	4.2	Nonsectarian
Wheaton Montessori School	Wheaton	PreK-9	119	11.9	Nonsectarian
Forest Bluff Montessori School	Lake Bluff	PreK-8	116	12.5	Nonsectarian
Montessori School of Lemont	Lemont	PreK-9	95	10.6	Nonsectarian
Alcuin Montessori School	Oak Park	PreK-8	90	3	Nonsectarian
Montessori School of Champaign-Urbana	Savoy	PreK-6	81	8.3	Nonsectarian
Ilm Montessori	Lombard	PreK-5	81	16.2	Islamic
Crystal Lake Montessori School	Woodstock	PreK-8	76	3.2	Nonsectarian
Institute of Islamic Education	Elgin	6-12	73	11.6	Islamic
Country Meadows Montessori School	Gurnee	PreK-8	72	8	Nonsectarian
Montessori School of Lake Forest	Lake Forest	PreK-8	68	6.8	Nonsectarian
Lupine Montessori School	Lockport	PreK-9	65	13	Nonsectarian
Montessori Childrens House	Godfrey	PreK-7	63	5.1	Nonsectarian
Montessori Private Academy	Rockford	PreK-6	54	4.7	Nonsectarian
Montessori Foundations of Chgo	Chicago	PreK-6	54	9	Nonsectarian
Council Oak Montessori School	Blue Island	PreK-8	53	10.6	Nonsectarian
Seton Montessori School	Clarendon Hills	PreK-5	50	7.6	Nonsectarian
Brickton Montessori School	Chicago	PreK-8	48	5.1	Nonsectarian
Joliet Montessori School	Crest Hill	PreK-6	47	9.8	Nonsectarian
West Suburban Montessori School	Oak Park	PreK-6	42	8.4	Nonsectarian
Unity Academy of Chicago	Streamwood	PreK-4	42	4.2	Islamic
South Loop Montessori School	Chicago	PreK-2	40	4	Nonsectarian
Seton Academy	Villa Park	PreK-8	39	13	Roman Catholic
Montessori School of Peoria	Peoria Heights	PreK-6	34	4.9	Nonsectarian
Keystone Montessori School	River Forest	PreK-8	33	6.5	Nonsectarian
Green Friends Montessori School	Elburn	PreK-5	31	5.7	Nonsectarian
Carmel Montessori Academy & Children's House	Warrenville	Ungraded	31	5.1	Nonsectarian
Midwest Christian Montessori Academy	Bolingbrook	PreK-7	30	8.8	Christian (nondenominational)
Metro East Montessori School	Granite City	PreK-6	29	14.5	Nonsectarian
Little Explorers Montessori School	Romeoville	PreK-6	28	14	Nonsectarian
Fox Valley Montessori School	Aurora	PreK-6	26	6.5	Nonsectarian
Beverly Montessori School	Chicago	PreK-K	25	6.1	Nonsectarian
Devonshire Montessori School	Skokie	PreK	25	not reported	Nonsectarian

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