Follow the Child Montessori School
3601 Harden Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 165
- Students per teacher
- 8.2
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Raleigh center
- 3.6 miles
Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?
Not on the Opportunity Scholarship list we read
- About the list
- How the Opportunity Scholarship list works
- Applying
- The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.
Source: Opportunity Scholarship official source, read October 26, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 20
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 68% boys, 32% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- American Montessori Society, Association Montessori International
- 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
- 95 to 165, up 70 (74%)
- Path
- Dipped to 86 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (97)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (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
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against North Carolina
- Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.2 here; median 8.8 at 175 NC elementary schools
- Size in Wake County
- Larger than 21 of 58 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.
Follow the Child Montessori School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $11,800 to $20,395 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship
- Award
- $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
- How it varies
- Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Follow the Child Montessori School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it takes Opportunity Scholarship; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy31 | $11,800 | 2026-27 | 1.0 |
| Cardinal Gibbons | $20,395 | 2026-27 | 1.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fusion Raleigh ✓ | 6-12 | 101 | <1 |
| Rising Stars Private School | K | 8 | <1 |
| Academy31 ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Iron Academy ✓ | 6-12 | 80 | 1 |
| An-Noor School ✓ | 3-8 | 90 | 2 |
| Al-Iman School ✓ | PreK-8 | 321 | 2 |
| Cardinal Gibbons ✓ | 9-12 | 1,590 | 2 |
| The Raleigh School | PreK-5 | 264 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship: amount and eligibility
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