Desert Garden Montessori
5130 E Warner Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85044Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 165
- Students per teacher
- 5.4
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Phoenix center
- 17.7 miles
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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 35
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 87% boys, 13% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- 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
- 164 to 165, up 1 (1%)
- Path
- Peaked at 178 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 (24)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 10 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 6; lower grades 14
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- 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
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.4 here; median 8.9 at 93 AZ combined schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 95 of 160 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.
Desert Garden Montessori tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $10,989 to $20,000 a year, published by 4 private schools nearby. School by school
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
What would you pay at Desert Garden Montessori?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian High School | $12,400 to $18,400 | 2025-26 | 1.7 |
| Valley Christian Schools | $12,400 to $18,400 | 2025-26 | 1.7 |
| St. John Bosco Catholic | $10,989 | 2026-27 | 2.4 |
| Arizona Cultural Academy & College Prep | $18,000 to $20,000 | 2026-27 | 3.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian High School | K-12 | 1,114 | 2 |
| Valley Christian Schools | K-12 | 1,138 | 2 |
| St. John Bosco Catholic | PreK-8 | 375 | 2 |
| Brightmont Academy - Chandler | 2-12 | 131 | 3 |
| Arizona Cultural Academy & College Prep | PreK-12 | 394 | 3 |
| Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori | PreK-K | 14 | 3 |
| Gethsemane Lutheran School | PreK-Transitional K | 6 | 4 |
| Dayspring Preschool & Kindergarten | PreK-K | 23 | 4 |
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