Hilltop Montessori School
6 Abbott Sq, Birmingham, AL 35242Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 97
- Students per teacher
- 5.2
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Birmingham center
- 12.6 miles
Can you use CHOOSE Act here?
✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated October 23, 2026.
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
- 19
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- American Montessori Society
- Accreditation, state list
- Marked accredited, per the Alabama Department of Revenue list of non-public schools participating in the Alabama Educational Scholarship Program, as of August 10, 2026. The list does not name the accrediting agency.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 104 to 97, down 7 (7%)
- Path
- Peaked at 113 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (20)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 176
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,230
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- 4 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.2 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
- Size in Shelby County
- Larger than 3 of 9 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.
Hilltop Montessori School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $13,225 to $20,950 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account
- Award
- $7,000 per student at a participating school
- How it varies
- Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Hilltop Montessori School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes CHOOSE Act for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph S Bruno Montessori Academy | $13,225 | 2026-27 | 6.9 |
| Highlands School | $20,950 | 2026-27 | 8.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Church School | K-12 | 1,185 | 2 |
| Briarwood Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,552 | 4 |
| Allan Cott School | 1-12 | 59 | 5 |
| Gods House Kindergarten and Day Care | PreK-K | 16 | 6 |
| Joseph S Bruno Montessori Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 116 | 7 |
| Our Lady of the Valley School ✓ | PreK-8 | 166 | 7 |
| Mitchell's Place ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 7 | |
| Highlands School ✓ | PreK-8 | 296 | 8 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near Birmingham
- Montessori schools in Alabama
- Private elementary schools in Alabama
- Private middle schools in Alabama
- Private schools with kindergarten in Alabama
- Private schools with pre-K in Alabama
- Private schools in Shelby County
- Alabama CHOOSE Act: amount and eligibility
- All Alabama CHOOSE Act schools
No new CHOOSE Act application dates are posted yet. How CHOOSE Act works.
Run this school? Update this listing for free. School staff: add the official list badge to your website.