Maple City Montessori vs. Renaissance Academy
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School Overview
Overview
Maple City Montessori in La Porte, IN, serves 19 co–ed students in kindergarten through first grade within a suburban community.
The school offers Montessori programs with nonsectarian orientation and holds memberships in the American Montessori Society and other Montessori associations.
With one teacher, the student–teacher ratio at Maple City Montessori is 19:1, supporting individualized instruction for early learners.
The school is located near other private options in La Porte, including Renaissance Academy and La Lumiere School, providing families with diverse educational choices.
Maple City Montessori provides early childhood education with enrollment focused on kindergarten and first grade in a suburban setting.
Renaissance Academy provides a Montessori preschool-through-eighth grade school with top quality academics, high expectations of students, and a wide array of enrichment activities.
It is the goal of Renaissance Academy to keep each child challenged, to constantly raise the bar, assist in overall social, emotional, and academic development, immerse students in a rich learning environment, filled with information, varied experiences, and high expectations. Renaissance Academy offers a unique learning environment that supports the development of children socially, emotionally, and intellectually.
The enriched elementary program offers the explorative materials of Montessori in combination with more traditional educational tools.
We know that our approach works - happy students and superior test scores are our proof.
Renaissance Academy Charter School incorporates hands-on, abstract, traditional, and cutting-edge techniques to create each childs work plan focused on the ways that he or she best learns.
Renaissance Academy Charter School offers families of the area a school with an academically focused Montessori philosophy of education.
Grades Offered
K-1
PK-8
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
n/a
No
Learning Difference Programs
n/a
Yes
Year Founded
n/a
2001
Students Body
Total Students
19 students
246 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
-
16%
Students by Grade
Students by Grade
Pre-K Students
14
18
Kindergarten Students
5
28
Grade 1 Students
-
30
Grade 2 Students
-
27
Grade 3 Students
-
33
Grade 4 Students
-
22
Grade 5 Students
-
29
Grade 6 Students
-
21
Grade 7 Students
-
24
Grade 8 Students
-
14
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
1 teacher
21 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
n/a
25%
Average Class Size
n/a
25
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
12:1
Classroom Dress Code
n/a
Casual
(Uniforms required for 1st - 8th grades)
(Uniforms required for 1st - 8th grades)
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Feb. 28 / rolling
Tuition Notes
n/a
Tuition for PK only. One time enrollment fees apply to KG - 8th grade. Please see our website for details.
Sports
Total Sports Offered
n/a
7
Extracurriculars
Total Extra-curric.Total Extracurriculars
n/a
3
Extra-curric.Extracurriculars
Arts and Music Programs:
ArtMusic
music lessons
