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Creo Montessori School

1475 S Higley Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85296Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
PreK-10
Students (K-12)
203
Students per teacher
7
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
From Gilbert center
1.7 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESA here?

Arizona publishes no school list
About the list
How the ESA list works
Applying
Applications are accepted year-round and funding is paid quarterly.

Source: ESA official source.

What you would pay here

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

School facts

Teachers
29
Student body
Coeducational
Program
Montessori
Boys and girls
40% boys, 60% girls
Setting
City
Member of
Association Montessori International

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

92 2019-20 153 2021-22 203 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
92 to 203, up 111 (121%)
Path
Grew in each survey (153 in 2021-22)

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

45 PK 55 K 18 1 14 2 18 3 20 4 21 5 24 6 11 7 12 8 8 9 2 10
Largest grade
Kindergarten (55)
Smallest grade
Grade 10 (2)
Across the grades
Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades
Average 5; lower grades 21

The school year

Days in the school year
180
Length of the school day
7 hours
Hours of school a year
about 1,260
Kindergarten
Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
No
Year, against Arizona
Same as the median of the 295 private schools we list
School day, against Arizona
About the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 7 AZ median 8.9
Students per teacher
This school 203 County median 136
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
7 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
Size in Maricopa County
Larger than 106 of 160 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 32% Hispanic 24% Asian 22% American Indian 9% Pacific Islander 7% Black 6%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Creo Montessori School tuition, and what ESA pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Education savings account
Award
About $7,000 to $8,000 for most students (2025-26 figures)
How it varies
We could not confirm the 2026-27 amount from the state. By law the deposit is 90% of the state funding the student would bring to a charter school. Students with disabilities receive far more.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

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Other private schools nearby

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Aces-GilbertK-111958.9Nonsectarian2
Spondeo PreschoolPreK-K4not reportedNonsectarian3
Kinder Bugs PreparatoryPreK-K1010Nonsectarian3
Gilbert Christian Schools - Greenfield CampusPreK-856713.1Christian (nondenominational)4
Empower Academy3-12387.6Nonsectarian4
Life - Lauren's Institute for EducationPreK-1215713.1Nonsectarian4
Lumos Arts AcademyK-121568.9Nonsectarian4
Greenhouse MontessoriPreK-3329.7Nonsectarian4

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