May River Montessori School
PO Box 2557, Bluffton, SC 29910Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-9
- Students (K-12)
- 74
- Students per teacher
- 4.8
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Hilton Head Island center
- 7.9 miles
Can you use ESTF here?
✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.
Source: the official list, dated September 28, 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
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 42% boys, 58% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
- 83 to 74, down 9 (11%)
- Path
- Peaked at 104 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 (19)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 9 (1)
- 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 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,130
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against South Carolina
- Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
- School day, against South Carolina
- 45 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 4.8 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
- Size in Beaufort County
- Larger than 4 of 12 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.
May River Montessori School tuition, and what ESTF pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,250 to $27,950 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account
- Award
- $7,634 per student for 2026-27
- How it varies
- Paid quarterly.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at May River Montessori School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees ESTF pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Schools | $15,250 to $18,250 | 2026-27 | 3.3 |
| Hilton Head Preparatory School | $17,750 to $27,950 | 2026-27 | 8.4 |
| John Paul II Catholic School | $15,900 to $17,900 | 2026-27 | 8.9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Schools ✓ | PreK-12 | 480 | 3 |
| St. Gregory the Great Catholic School | PreK-6 | 162 | 5 |
| Daufuskie Island Independent School | 7-8 | 4 | 8 |
| Heritage Academy | Not in the federal survey | 8 | |
| Hilton Head Preparatory School ✓ | PreK-12 | 402 | 8 |
| Sea Pines Montessori Academy | K-6 | 61 | 8 |
| John Paul II Catholic School ✓ | 6-12 | 363 | 9 |
| St. Francis Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 201 | 9 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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