Tuition moves, mergers, closures and leadership changes across New York City's Montessori schools — verified against primary sources, not repeated from stale listings.
Headline figures are for a full-day, 5-day preschool / primary place (ages 3–6) — the most common program, chosen for an apples-to-apples comparison across the schools that publish tuition.
Ranges below span the 2026–27 rates published across our guide. Younger programs vary most by how many days and hours you choose.
Widest spread: a 2-day toddler place vs. a full extended-year infant place are worlds apart.
The core Montessori years. Median full-day place lands around $44,900.
Only a handful of NYC Montessori schools run elementary — and it's the priciest tier.
Same program compared across both years. Click any column to sort. Every school that publishes tuition raised prices this cycle.
| School ↕ | 2025–26 ↕ | 2026–27 ↕ | Change ↕ | % change ↕ |
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Some of the guide's schools keep pricing entirely private — you only learn the cost after an inquiry or tour. Worth knowing before you invest time. (Notably, both Queens schools in our guide fall in this group.)
These schools publish no tuition figures online as of July 2026:
Pine Street School has published prior-year figures (~$47,353) but has not yet posted 2026–27.
The changes that stale directories miss — and that parents most need to know before applying.