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Christopher Academy

510 Hillcrest Avenue
Westfield, NJ 07090

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Tel: (908) 233-7447

www.christopheracademy.com

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Christopher Academy offers an exceptional learning environment, tailored to the individual child, driven by the community.

With homelike classrooms, the Montessori Method is filled with hands-on materials, each with a lesson to learn and a problem to solve.

Our students enjoy a prepared environment designed to recognize and propel each child to learn, to grow, to achieve at the most appropriate pace to the best of his or her own ability.

Christopher Academy ensures the quality of its program from classroom to classroom and campus to campus by supporting professional, career teachers.

With the average faculty tenure approaching ten years, Christopher Academy provides a tradition and continuity of exceptional care.

Each of our Lead Teachers is university educated, with many holding advanced degrees.

Our Lead Teachers are all fully Montessori certified. Our school's history includes professional teachers who have served children in our community for decades.

Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Montessori School
Grades: Prekindergarten-1
Enrollment: 95 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

School Overview

School Type

Montessori School

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

American Montessori Society (AMS)

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-1

Student Body

Total Students

95 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

62%

State avg.: 40%

Students by Grade

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

7 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

14:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition and Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Montessori School
Grades: Prekindergarten-1
Enrollment: 95 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

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Did You Know?

The average private school tuition in Union County, NJ is $18,703 for elementary schools and $22,404 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

The average acceptance rate in Union County, NJ is 89% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).