Midtown Montessori School vs. Maria Montessori School

Midtown Montessori School in Memphis, TN serves 53 students from pre–kindergarten through 6th grade in a nonsectarian Montessori program.

The school operates in a large city setting within the Evergreen neighborhood and maintains a student–teacher ratio of 8:1 with 7 teachers on staff.

Midtown Montessori is a member of the American Montessori Society, supporting its Montessori educational approach.

The student body includes 13.95% students of color, reflecting diversity within its urban community.

Enrollment is smaller compared to other Memphis Montessori and private schools, with 38 students in K–12 grades.

The Maria Montessori School is a non-profit, non-denominational, non-discriminatory school that seeks to provide a unique scholastic curriculum for children from 16 months to 14 years old.

Located at Harbor Town in Memphis, Tennessee, the Maria Montessori School is affiliated with, and certified by, the Association Montessori Internationale.

The AMI was founded in 1929 by Dr. Maria Montessori and is the recognized international authority on Montessori education.

The registered term "AMI Montessori" signifies the highest standards anywhere applied to Montessori and is evidence of a continuing commitment on the part of the school to study, explore and share this method of education as originally established by Dr.

Montessori. To provide an environment that frees the child to develop his/her full academic, emotional and spiritual potential.