Saplings A Forest and Nature Preschool
266 Upper Bay Rd, Sanbornton, NH 03269Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-2
- Students (K-12)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 7.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Concord center
- 20.8 miles
Can you use EFA here?
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- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA 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
- 5
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Alternative
- Boys and girls
- 33% boys, 67% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 17 to 18, up 1
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (8)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (4)
- 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 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against New Hampshire
- Same as the median of the 123 private schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 50 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.5 here; median 8.3 at 37 NH 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.
Saplings A Forest and Nature Preschool tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity School | PreK-8 | 58 | 4 |
| Laconia Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 152 | 5 |
| Sant Bani School | PreK-8 | 116 | 6 |
| Spaulding Academy and Family Services | K-12 | 70 | 7 |
| Tilton School | 9-12 | 175 | 7 |
| New Hampton School | 9-12 | 315 | 8 |
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