Montessori schools in Indiana
32 statewide. 7 are on the state’s Choice Scholarship list. Schools that report a Montessori program or belong to a Montessori association.
Montessori schools in Indiana at a glance
- Share of the state’s private schools
- 5%, 32 of 642
- Towns
- 24; the most in Indianapolis (6), Elkhart (2) and South Bend (2)
- Counties
- 15 with at least one
- Students
- about 2,063 in all; the typical school has 43
- Smallest and largest
- The Montessori School at WPC, 17 students; The Orchard School, 444 students
- Students per teacher
- 6.8 typical, 2 to 20.7 across 29 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 20, most often the American Montessori Society
- State program
- Scholarship, about $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district
How Choice Scholarship works
- Catholic1
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian30
- Pre-K (and up)28
- Elementary (K to 5)31
- Middle (6 to 8)14
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school1
- Under 5012
- 50 to 1499
- 150 to 2990
- 300 to 5992
- Montessori schools22%
- All private schools in Indiana66%
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: Indiana Choice Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked October 28, 2026.
- Award and rules: Indiana Choice Scholarship, official page, read October 1, 2026.
The 32 largest
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