10/23/2026
About 600 public schools teach Montessori for free. Only half have it in their name
In 2024-25, 309 operating public schools had Montessori in their name, enrolling 98,480 students. A national count puts the total at 596 public Montessori schools and programs, many inside schools with ordinary names, and a 2025 lottery study found reading and memory gains by kindergarten.
Mary Johnson