Montessori Teacher Training Center for TN/Ncme
162 New Shackle Island Rd, Hendersonville, TN 37075Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 17
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Hendersonville center
- 1.6 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- 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: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 2
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 29 to 17, down 12 (41%)
- Path
- Peaked at 30 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
- Grade 3 (5)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (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
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- 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
- 8.5 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Sumner County
- Smallest of the 8 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 Teacher Training Center for TN/Ncme tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $6,200 to $21,000 a year, published by 2 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 Teacher Training Center for TN/Ncme?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope John Paul II Preparatory School | $15,600 to $21,000 | 2026-27 | 2.1 |
| Metro Christian Academy | $6,200 to $6,500 | 2026-27 | 4.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendresonville Montessori Academy | PreK-7 | 20 | <1 |
| Hendersonville Bible Kindergarten | PreK-K | 5 | <1 |
| Hendersonville Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 169 | <1 |
| Primrose School of Hendersonville ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy | K-12 | 4,316 | 2 |
| Pope John Paul II Preparatory School ✓ | 6-12 | 733 | 2 |
| Family Christian Academy | K-11 | 20 | 4 |
| Metro Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 238 | 4 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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