Company description
Montessori Children's House of Durham offers our children the opportunity to fulfill their intuitive love of learning. Using rich materials and a carefully planned environment, our children are free to experience the world around them. Following the students' lead, we provide a context for them to blossom as persons and to embark upon lives of discovery, fulfillment, and service to the world. We invite you and your children to join us in this exciting adventure.
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- School Philosophy
- "Montessori Children’s House of Durham (MCHD) aims to provide an environment that enables children to lay foundations for competence -- emotional, intellectual, moral, physical, social, and spiritual competence. We strive to help shape “citizens of the cosmos”-- people with a sense of the grand order of the universe who can assume their rights and their responsibilities, who find joy in learning, ...
- Applications Accepted
- It is not necessary for your child to be toilet-trained before starting the Pre-Three program.
- Payment Accepted
- Check, Invoice, Cash, Invoice, Cash
- School Memberships
- American Montessori Society (AMS)
- Serving Children Ages:
- 18 months through 6th grade
- Grades Offered
- Prekindergarten through 6
- Email
- [email protected]
- Headmaster
- Happy Sayre-McCord
- Percentage Vacancy Of Housing Units In School State
- 11% vacancy rate
- Population (approximate) In School State
- 8,047,333 people
- Percentage Vacancy Of Housing Units In School Zip
- 8% vacancy rate
- Population (approximate) In School Zip
- 42,671 people
- Median Age Of Housing Structure In School State
- 33 years old
- Median Age Of Housing Structure In School Zip
- 35 years old
- Population Average Age In School State
- 36 years old
- Population Average Age In School Zip
- 31 years old
- Religious Affiliations
- Nonsectarian
- Average Household Size In School State
- 2.3 persons
- Average Household Size In School Zip
- 2.4 persons
- School Level
- Elementary
- Avg. Number Of Rooms In Household In School State
- 5.4 rooms
- Avg. Number Of Rooms In Household In School Zip
- 4.9 rooms
- Percentage Owning / Percentage Renting In School State
- 69% / 31%
- Percentage Owning / Percentage Renting In School Zip
- 49% / 51%
- Median Household Income In School State
- $$40,360
- Median Value Of Housing Unit In School State
- $104,293
- Median Value Of Housing Unit In School Zip
- $137,700
- School Days In Calendar Year
- 177 days
- School Days In Calendar Year (state Average)
- 180 days
- Hours In School Day For Students
- 6 hours
- Hours In School Day For Students (state Average)
- 6 hours
- Median Household Income In School Zip
- $41,695
- Type
- private
- County
- Durham
- Student Body Type
- Co ed
- Year Founded
- 1977
- Teacher / Student Ratio
- 1:10
- Teacher / Student Ratio (state Average)
- 1:10
- Grades
- PK-6
- Percentage (age 25+) W/college Degree In School State
- 24%
- Percentage (age 25+) W/college Degree In School Zip
- 53%
- Percentage Students Of Color
- 26%
- Total Students
- 118
- Enrollment
- 125
- Student Teacher Ratio
- 6.0
- Number Of Grade 1 Students
- 18
- Number Of Grade 2 Students
- 11
- Number Of Grade 4 Students
- 11
- Number Of Kindergarten Students
- 17
- Number Of Prekindergarten Students
- 46
- Number Of Grade 3 Students
- 6
- Number Of Grade 5 Students
- 7
- Number Of Grade 6 Students
- 2
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.mchdurham.org/
