Lighthouse Montessori School
756 S Foothill Rd, Idaho Falls, ID 83401Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-3
- Students (K-12)
- 35
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Idaho Falls center
- 6.5 miles
Can you use PCTC here?
Idaho publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the PCTC list works
- Applying
- The next window is January 15 to March 15, 2027.
Source: PCTC 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
- 4
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 57% boys, 43% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- 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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On its website
- Before or after school care: lighthousemontessori.org, read October 14, 2026.
- What Lighthouse Montessori School says on lighthousemontessori.org, read October 14, 2026.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 39 to 35, down 4 (10%)
- Path
- Dipped to 23 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (5)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional kindergarten and transitional first grade (1 each)
- Average a grade
- About 2
- Ungraded classes
- 26 students
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, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Idaho
- 9 days longer than the 171-day median of 113 schools we list
- School day, against Idaho
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 45 minutes (112 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.7 here; median 10.3 at 45 ID elementary schools
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.
Lighthouse Montessori School tuition, and what PCTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Refundable tax credit
- Award
- Up to $5,000 per student
- How it varies
- Up to $7,500 for a student with a qualifying disability. It follows the tax year, so 2026 expenses are claimed in early 2027.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Lighthouse Montessori School?
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Montessori School | PreK-6 | 62 | 3 |
| Acorn Childrens Academy | PreK-Transitional K | 5 | 4 |
| Hope Lutheran School | PreK-7 | 45 | 4 |
| Watersprings School | PreK-12 | 364 | 5 |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School | PreK-5 | 79 | 6 |
| Little Peoples Academy | PreK-K | 24 | 6 |
Private schools
Next PCTC date: January 15, 2027 to March 15, 2027 (Application window for 2026 expenses).
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