The Montessori School of Huntsville
15975 Chaney Thompson Rd Se, Huntsville, AL 35803Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 85
- Students per teacher
- 3.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Huntsville center
- 10.0 miles
Can you use CHOOSE Act here?
✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated October 23, 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
- 25
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 44% boys, 56% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- American Montessori Society
- Accreditation, state list
- Marked accredited, per the Alabama Department of Revenue list of non-public schools participating in the Alabama Educational Scholarship Program, as of August 10, 2026. The list does not name the accrediting agency.
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 96 to 85, down 11 (11%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 (17)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 and grade 8 (4 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 3.7 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
- Size in Madison County
- Larger than 6 of 20 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.
The Montessori School of Huntsville tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account
- Award
- $7,000 per student at a participating school
- How it varies
- Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at The Montessori School of Huntsville?
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Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook Weekday Early Education Program | PreK-K | 12 | 5 |
| Whitesburg Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 893 | 5 |
| Big Cove Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 40 | 6 |
| Holy Spirit Regional Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 435 | 7 |
| Grace Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 153 | 7 |
| First Christian Church Early Childhood Ministry | PreK-K | 7 | 7 |
| Randolph School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,005 | 8 |
| The Montessori Learning Center | PreK-K | 7 | 8 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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