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Year Founded

1959

School Calendar

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Student Body

Total Students

230 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

State avg.: 48%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

9 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

26:1

National avg.: 11:1

Average Class Size

15 students

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School was established in 1968 with the opening of its preschool program.
Today, St. Christopher's offers a small and nurturing educational environment within the diverse and international community of Key Biscayne.
St. Christopher's continually seeks to incorporate other extracurricular opportunities for all students.
We at St. Christopher's feel blessed to have been entrusted with the education of generations of young Key Biscayners.
St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School is committed to providing quality Montessori education in a Christian setting.
Within this prepared environment we encourage children to discover and learn at their own pace, in order to realize their highest potential.
Through work and example, children come to understand responsibility, respect, integrity and high moral standards.
St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School prepares the whole person for the challenges of tomorrow.

School Motto: Always Believe

St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School was established in 1968 with the opening of its preschool program. Today, St. Christopher's offers a small and nurturing educational environment within the diverse and international community of Key Biscayne. St. Christopher's continually seeks to incorporate other extracurricular opportunities for all students. We at St. Christopher's feel blessed to have been entrusted with the education of generations of young Key Biscayners. St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School is committed to providing quality Montessori education in a Christian setting. Within this prepared environment we encourage children to discover and learn at their own pace, in order to realize their highest potential. Through work and example, children come to understand responsibility, respect, integrity and high moral standards. St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Montessori School prepares the whole person for the challenges of tomorrow.

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