At A Glance

Administration:

  • Head of School: Kevin Conklin
  • Associate Head for Finance and Operations: Christine Schaffer
  • Assistant Head of School and Middle School Head: Christopher Gorycki
  • Lower School Head: Susan Marotta
  • Director of Athletics: Carolyn Blair
  • Director of Marketing and Communications: Jennifer Braxton
  • Director of Admission and Financial Aid: Tearson Morrison
  • Director of Development: Kristen Stevens

Faculty:

  • 35 full and part time teachers (56% with advanced degrees)
  • Average number of years at Montgomery: 10 years

Enrollment Statistics:

  • Grade Range: Prekindergarten through 8th Grade
  • Total Students: 290 (Lower School–207, Middle School– 83)
  • Average Class Size: 14
  • Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1
  • Student Body Racial Diversity: 15% 
The Board of Trustees recognizes that diversity is an asset that strengthens the ultimate purpose of education by fostering the essential value of respect and preparing students to live and work in a global community. To that end, the Board published a statement of the School’s Cultural Enrichment Vision, which asserts the following:  Montgomery School is committed to providing a culturally enriching environment that nurtures and celebrates the unique qualities and talents of each student while emphasizing respect, integrity, and inclusivity. The School believes that its community and curriculum should reflect our multicultural and diverse world providing us the opportunity to teach awareness, sensitivity, and the skill of appreciating differences. The School is dedicated to an open community where differences are welcome.


Costs:

Tuition for the 2009-2010 school year (includes our school lunch program, snacks, and day field trips as well as, textbooks and athletic team uniforms):

  • Prekindergarten (Full/5 days): $14,835.00
  • Prekindergarten (Half): $9,675.00
  • Kindergarten - 5th Grade: $19,295.00
  • 6th - 8th Grades: $21,475.00

Financial Aid:

Financial aid is available to families with students in kindergarten through 8th grade and is based on the family’s financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid office. The average grant covers 51% of tuition.

Before and After school care available for students prekindergarten – 6th grade

Physical Plant and facilities:

  • 60 acre campus
  • 29 classrooms in 10 buildings
  • 10 SmartBoards
  • Computer technology center including 50 windows based computers for student use
  • Music technology lab including 9 iMac stations with Midi keyboards and headphones
  • Mobile laptop cart with 20 laptops for our lower school
  • 20 classroom computers
  • 2 state-of-the-art science labs with 16 laptops in a mobile cart capable of connecting with a variety of sensors for experimentation
  • Library with over 7,500 books and online resources, and an additional 20 laptop computers
  • Dining Room that seats 3 grades at a time for family style lunches
  • Full size gymnasium
  • 5 athletic fields
  • Organic garden with 9 raised beds

Secondary School Placement:

Members of the Class of 2009 were accepted at the following secondary schools

The Agnes Irwin School
The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur
The Baldwin School
Bishop Shanahan High School
Conestoga High School
Downingtown High School
The Episcopal Academy
Germantown Academy
Great Valley High School
The Haverford School
The Hill School
The Hotchkiss School 
The McDonough School
Millbrook School
Owen J. Roberts High School
Peddie School
Ransom Everglades School
Severn School
The Shipley School
Villa Maria Academy
Westtown School
Woodlynde School

Accreditations and Affiliations:

  • Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS)
  • National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
  • Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)
  • Education Records Bureau (ERB)
  • Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB)
  • Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE)
  • Powerful Learning Practice (PLP)
  • Chester County Chamber of Commerce