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• Prospective families may submit applications between September and the last Friday of February. 
• Attending a virtual chat is a required part of the application process. 
• Completed applications for kindergarten through 11th grade are included in the annual lottery held in March. 
• Based on the number of available spots, the lottery determines the waitlist order and any spots available to offer.
• Openings are filled as they become available and families may continue to be offered spots through January of the school year.
• The waitlist is reset each year when the lottery for the upcoming school year is conducted.
• Early Ed spots are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference given to applications for a full-day session.

Community Montessori is a PUBLIC charter school, and so there are no tuition charges to attend our school for grades kinder through 12.

Families pay only $95 at the time of enrollment, which covers all consumable materials (paper, pencil, notebooks, binders, etc) their child/teen will need when at school. This fee is in lieu of any supply lists that a typical public school publishes at the start of the school year. 

There are fees associated with enrollment in our Early Education program, which can be found on the Programs and Fees section on the Apply page. 

We are a school that follows the Montessori philosophy. Studios (classrooms) are multi-aged spaces where multiple grade levels are grouped. You can learn more about these studios on our blog post linked here.

Different levels have different sizes. Our younger classes have 30 to 33 learners in each studio (classroom), and our older levels could have up to 40 learners. Each studio is managed by 2 teachers who are State-certified and/or Montessori trained. 

Families pay $95 at the time of enrollment, which covers all consumable materials (paper, pencil, notebooks, binders, etc) their child/teen will need at school. This fee is in lieu of any supply lists that a typical public school publishes at the start of the school year. 

The only items that your learner should plan to bring to school are a water bottle, backpack, and a lunchbox (more info about lunches is available in the Family Handbook). Some younger studios may ask for additional items such as a change of clothes to keep at school, rain boots for adverse weather, slippers to wear inside the studio, etc. 

We are a public school bound by the Indiana Department of Education’s attendance requirements, and so partial enrollment or attendance is not available for learners enrolled in grades kinder through12th.

We support all learners with different learning and behavioral needs at Community Montessori. With Montessori principles being our guiding factor, we encourage learners to stay in their studios (classrooms) as much as possible. Teachers will meet the child/teen where they are developmentally and academically and adjust their lessons accordingly.