Early Steps Montessori Academy
10701 Anderson Rd, Tampa, FL 33624Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 33
- Students per teacher
- 2.1
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Tampa center
- 6.5 miles
Can you use FES / FTC here?
✓ On the official Florida Scholarships (FTC, FES-EO, FES-UA) list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- New families can still apply for 2026-27: the Private School Scholarship (FTC and FES-EO) and the Unique Abilities Scholarship (FES-UA) take new applications until November 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, read October 8, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 42% boys, 58% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- American Montessori Society
- 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
- 19 to 33, up 14
- Path
- Grew in each survey (27 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten and grade 1 (10 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 210
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,310
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Florida
- 30 days longer than the 180-day median of 1,903 schools we list
- School day, against Florida
- 45 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (1,918 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 2.1 here; median 10.3 at 773 FL elementary schools
- Size in Hillsborough
- Larger than 28 of 138 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.
Early Steps Montessori Academy tuition, and what FES / FTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $23,005 to $25,600 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships Education savings account
- Award
- About $8,000 on average, set by county and grade
- How it varies
- For 2026-27 the table runs from $7,463 (grades 9-12, lowest county) to $12,217 (grades K-3, Monroe County). Students with disabilities average about $10,000 under FES-UA.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 8, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Early Steps Montessori Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees FES / FTC pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Step Up scholarships (FES and FTC) for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Day School | $25,600 | 2026-27 | 1.0 |
| Corbett Preparatory School of Ids | $23,005 to $25,145 | 2026-27 | 2.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missionary Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 144 | <1 |
| Tampa Day School ✓ | 3-8 | 150 | <1 |
| Hope Christian School ✓ | K-12 | 54 | 1 |
| Town 'n Country Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 12 | 2 |
| Montessori House Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Corbett Preparatory School of Ids ✓ | PreK-8 | 512 | 3 |
| Hillsdale Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 130 | 3 |
| Montessori House Day School 1 ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
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- Private schools in Hillsborough
- Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships: amount and eligibility
- All Florida Family Empowerment and Tax Credit Scholarships schools
Next FES / FTC date: November 15, 2026 (Last day for new 2026-27 Private School and Unique Abilities Scholarship applications).
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