Tempe Montessori School
410 S El Dorado, Mesa, AZ 85202Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 102
- Students per teacher
- 8.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Mesa center
- 9.9 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
- 12
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 7% boys, 93% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- 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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On its website
- Before or after school care: tempemontessori.org/page, read October 14, 2026.
- Accreditation it names: Association Montessori Internationale: tempemontessori.org, read October 14, 2026.
- What Tempe Montessori School says on tempemontessori.org, read October 14, 2026.
- Accreditation is as the school names it, not checked with the accrediting body.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 34 to 102, up 68 (200%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (93 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (10)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- Ungraded classes
- 82 students
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 185
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,200
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arizona
- 5 days longer than the 180-day median of 295 schools we list
- School day, against Arizona
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (299 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.9 here; median 11.6 at 132 AZ elementary schools
- Size in Maricopa County
- Larger than 67 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.
Tempe Montessori School tuition, and what ESA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $7,500 to $34,000 a year, published by 3 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
What would you pay at Tempe Montessori School?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Az Aspire Academy | $34,000 | 2026-27 | 1.0 |
| Grace Christian Academy | $11,484 to $12,661 | 2026-27 | 2.2 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School | $7,500 | 2026-27 | 2.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Aces-Tempe | 3-12 | 10 | <1 |
| Az Aspire Academy | 1-12 | 288 | <1 |
| Grace Christian Academy | PreK-8 | 273 | 2 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School | PreK-8 | 448 | 2 |
| Dobson-Montessori School | PreK-12 | 96 | 2 |
| Accel East Campus | K-12 | 67 | 3 |
| St. Timothy Catholic School | K-8 | 190 | 3 |
| Queen of Peace Catholic School | PreK-8 | 206 | 3 |
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