Palm Valley Montessori School
629 N Sarival Ave, Goodyear, AZ 85338Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-5
- Students (K-12)
- 33
- Students per teacher
- 5.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Goodyear center
- 3.3 miles
Can you use ESA here?
Arizona publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the ESA list works
- Applying
- Applications are accepted year-round and funding is paid quarterly.
Source: ESA 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
- 9
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- American Montessori Society, Association Montessori International
- 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
- 33 to 33, no change
- Path
- Dipped to 30 in 2021-22, then came back
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 and grade 4 (8 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (2)
- Average a grade
- About 6
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 210
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,470
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- 30 days longer than the 180-day median of 295 schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- About the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.7 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 27 of 160 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.
Palm Valley Montessori School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $7,400 to $11,594 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Education savings account
- Award
- About $7,000 to $8,000 for most students (2025-26 figures)
- How it varies
- We could not confirm the 2026-27 amount from the state. By law the deposit is 90% of the state funding the student would bring to a charter school. Students with disabilities receive far more.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley Christain School | $9,100 to $11,594 | 2026-27 | 0.1 |
| St. John Vianney Catholic School | $7,400 | 2026-27 | 3.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley Christain School | PreK-8 | 351 | <1 |
| St. John Vianney Catholic School | PreK-8 | 387 | 3 |
| Victory Autism Academy | K-12 | 316 | 3 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | PreK-8 | 458 | 4 |
| John Paul II Catholic High School | 9-12 | 370 | 4 |
| St. Peter's Episcopal Montessori School | PreK-4 | 36 | 4 |
| The Goddard School | PreK-K | 13 | 4 |
| Trinity Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 233 | 5 |
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