✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-414 students7 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Montessori schools in Durham, NC
5 in Durham or within 6 miles; schools in Durham itself count at any distance from downtown. 2 are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Schools that report a Montessori program or belong to a Montessori association.
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-697 students6.3 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades PreK-683 students8.7 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades PreK-8157 students8.7 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades PreK-12238 students3.6 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed100% to 4-year college
Montessori schools near Durham by the numbers
- Where
- all 5 in Durham
- Students
- about 589 in all; the typical school has 97
- Smallest and largest
- Empowered Minds Academy, 14 students; Montessori School of Raleigh, 238 students
- Students per teacher
- 7 typical, 3.6 to 8.7 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the American Montessori Society
- Verified tuition
- Montessori School of Durham $27,580; Montessori Community School $22,250; Montessori School of Raleigh $24,150
- Upcoming application deadlines
- 1 school; soonest Montessori School of Raleigh, January 15, 2027
- State program
- Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
- Nonsectarian5
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)5
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)1
- K to 12, one school1
- Under 501
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2992
- Montessori schools here40%
- All of North Carolina81%
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: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 3 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
- Deadlines, 1 school: each school’s admissions page, last read October 6, 2026.
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