Azalea City Montessori, Mobile AL: PreK-6 Tuition

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: PreK-6
Students (K-12): 42
Students per teacher: 20
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Mobile center: 1.5 miles

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Can you use CHOOSE Act here?

✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.

Source: the official list, dated October 23, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

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School facts

Teachers: 3
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Montessori
Boys and girls: 55% boys, 45% girls
Setting: City

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: 27 to 42, up 15 (56%)
Path: Grew in each survey (30 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 2 and grade 3 (9 each)
Smallest grade: Grade 4 (2)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours 35 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,360
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Alabama: Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
School day, against Alabama: 35 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 20 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
Size in Mobile County: Larger than 9 of 32 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.

Azalea City Montessori tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)

Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account

Award: $7,000 per student at a participating school
How it varies: Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Azalea City Montessori?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms CHOOSE Act award Children

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
St. Pius X School ✓	PreK-8	116	11.2	Roman Catholic	<1
Cypress Grove Academy ✓	K-11	85	10.2	Christian (nondenominational)	1
St. Ignatius Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	389	8.6	Roman Catholic	2
Little Flower Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	80	5.8	Roman Catholic	2
Bright Beginnings Academy ✓	1-7	27	3.9	Nonsectarian	2
Nazaree Full Gospel Church Daycare ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
The Core Project Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
McGill-Toolen Catholic High School ✓	9-12	750	11	Roman Catholic	3

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Azalea City Montessori

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