Montessori School
300 Montessori Way, Chattanooga, TN 37404Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 90
- Students per teacher
- 8.2
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Chattanooga center
- 2.8 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: the official list, dated August 24, 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
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 61% boys, 39% girls
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee under Categories III and V, which includes accreditation by an agency the State Board of Education authorizes, per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. The list names Cognia.
- 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.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 153 to 90, down 63 (41%)
- Path
- Fell in each survey (112 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (24)
- 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
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.2 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Larger than 10 of 28 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.
Montessori School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $13,650 to $36,440 a year, published by 4 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Montessori School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School | $16,990 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| Girls Preparatory School | $35,350 to $36,440 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| Chattanooga Christian School | $13,650 to $18,350 | 2026-27 | 2.7 |
| The Bright School | $20,000 | 2026-27 | 3.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Center ✓ | 2-12 | 38 | 1 |
| Avondale Seventh Day Adventist School ✓ | K-8 | 51 | 1 |
| McCallie School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Notre Dame High School ✓ | 9-12 | 392 | 2 |
| Girls Preparatory School ✓ | 6-12 | 516 | 2 |
| Chattanooga Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,400 | 3 |
| Foundations Academy | K-2 | 37 | 3 |
| The Bright School ✓ | PreK-5 | 278 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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