Chesterton Montessori School
135 W Lincoln Ave, Chesterton, IN 46304Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-4
- Students (K-12)
- 24
- Students per teacher
- 4
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Valparaiso center
- 8.8 miles
Can you use Choice Scholarship here?
Not on the Choice Scholarship list we read
- About the list
- How the Choice Scholarship list works
- Applying
- The school files the application for you. The main period runs March 1 to September 1, and a half-year period runs November 1 to January 15.
Source: Choice Scholarship official source, read October 26, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 6
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 54% boys, 46% 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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On its website
- Rolling admissions: harmonylearninggroup.com/admissions.html, read October 14, 2026.
- What Chesterton Montessori School says on harmonylearninggroup.com, read October 14, 2026.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 36 to 24, down 12 (33%)
- Path
- Dipped to 23 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (8)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (3)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 160
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,120
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Indiana
- 20 days shorter than the 180-day median of 526 schools we list
- School day, against Indiana
- About the median of 7 hours (527 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 4 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN elementary schools
- Size in Porter County
- Larger than 1 of 8 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.
Chesterton Montessori School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Indiana Choice Scholarship Scholarship
- Award
- About $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district
- How it varies
- These are the state’s 2026-27 estimates. The award is the lesser of that figure or the school’s tuition and fees.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Chesterton Montessori School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Choice Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it takes Choice Scholarship; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Patrick Elementary School ✓ | PreK-8 | 233 | <1 |
| Emmanuel Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 82 | 6 |
| Nativity of Our Savior/Diocese ✓ | PreK-8 | 163 | 7 |
| Montessori Academy of Valparaiso | PreK-K | 6 | 8 |
| Immanuel Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 196 | 9 |
| Victory Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 364 | 9 |
| St. Paul Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 226 | 9 |
| Portage Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 9 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
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- Montessori schools in Indiana
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- Private schools in Porter County
- Indiana Choice Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Indiana Choice Scholarship schools
Next Choice Scholarship date: Open now, until January 15, 2027 (Half-year application period (spring semester); the school files for you).
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