A Child's Choice Montessori School
1657 S Woodsage Ave, Meridian, ID 83642Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 52
- Students per teacher
- 6.2
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Meridian center
- 1.6 miles
Can you use PCTC here?
Idaho publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the PCTC list works
- Applying
- The next window is January 15 to March 15, 2027.
Source: PCTC official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 48% boys, 52% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 16 to 52, up 36
- Path
- Held at 16 to 2021-22, then rose
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (28)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 260
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,560
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Idaho
- 89 days longer than the 171-day median of 113 schools we list
- School day, against Idaho
- 45 minutes shorter than the median of 6 hours 45 minutes (112 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.2 here; median 10.3 at 45 ID elementary schools
- Size in Ada County
- Larger than 3 of 18 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
A Child's Choice Montessori School tuition, and what PCTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $7,930 to $11,200 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Refundable tax credit
- Award
- Up to $5,000 per student
- How it varies
- Up to $7,500 for a student with a qualifying disability. It follows the tax year, so 2026 expenses are claimed in early 2027.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at A Child's Choice Montessori School?
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Tuition and fees PCTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Valley Christian Schools-Secondary | $7,930 to $11,200 | 2026-27 | 1.9 |
| St. Ignatius Catholic School | $8,250 | 2026-27 | 5.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Valley Baptist School | K-12 | not reported | 1 |
| The Preschool & Kindergarten @ten Mile Christian | PreK-K | 20 | 2 |
| Cole Valley Christian Schools-Secondary | PreK-12 | 1,263 | 2 |
| Joshua Institute Academy | 3-12 | 56 | 2 |
| Calvary Meridian Prep Academy | K-10 | 185 | 4 |
| Boise Valley Adventist School | PreK-8 | 75 | 4 |
| Overland Montessori | PreK-K | 8 | 5 |
| St. Ignatius Catholic School | PreK-8 | 428 | 5 |
Private schools
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