The best way to understand an AMS classroom is to stand inside one. Below is the whole path to a place at AMS, beginning with an inquiry, followed by a call, and invitations to visit, along with tuition, tuition assistance, and the questions families ask most.
Tell us a little about your child and family. Our admissions team will be in touch within one business day.
When you submit, you'll receive a confirmation email from our admissions team. If you haven't heard from us within one business day, please call (512) 892-0253.
Track your admissions process.
Attendance at prospective-parent events is required to apply.
We make first decisions in February. Apply by January 31 for the first round of enrollment offers. Rolling applications are offered after.
Rolling applications welcomed year round. An inquiry begins the process. A follow-up phone call and visit are scheduled shortly after, for formal placement in the waiting pool or program.
A short inquiry begins the process. Our admissions team will follow up with a call to arrange your visit.
When you submit, you'll receive a confirmation email from our admissions team. If you haven't heard from us within one business day, please call (512) 892-0253.
Austin Montessori School offers a range of school day programs designed to suit our families' needs. The full fee schedule, including optional programs, is here.
Sibling tuition discounts begin with the third enrolled child (10%) and rise to 50% with the fourth.
Need-based assistance is offered each year, awarded on financial need through an independent assessment, with priority to families already enrolled. We are committed to making AMS reachable for a wide range of families.
About tuition assistance →Transparency matters to us. If you need more detail or have questions, reach out to Kassie Castillo, kassiec@austinmontessori.org.
These gatherings are how families come to know us, and the families who come to all of them are the ones we come to know best. Choose where you are in the journey to see what fits your family.
Already worked through the steps above? Pick up where you left off in myAMS →
AMS does not keep a numbered waitlist, it keeps a waiting pool. When a place opens in a classroom, children are selected from the pool to balance the community by age. Priority goes to siblings, children of alumni and faculty, and families who have engaged with the admissions process.
As early as you can. The process is thorough and involves scheduled visits and events, so it rewards planning ahead.
The Youngest Children's Community takes children 16 to 36 months, with most entering between 16 and 18 months and walking steadily. Children typically join the Children's House from around 2½ years, and we talk through exact readiness, including toilet independence, with each family.
Yes. Need-based assistance is offered each year, awarded on financial need through an independent assessment. Priority goes to families already enrolled in the school.
Three locations in Austin: Sunset Trail (16 months to 12 years), Great Northern (16 months to 6 years), and Gaines Creek, our Adolescent Community for 12 to 15 years.
A non-refundable $100 fee accompanies each application, including for siblings of currently enrolled students. Once it is submitted, you will receive a confirmation from the Enrollment Office.
The full Enrollment Policy answers everything else →
Still have questions? Call (512) 892-0253 or email info@austinmontessori.org.
Parents often ask where our students go after Austin Montessori School. They go on to a wide range of public and private high schools, then to colleges and universities across the country, to the arts, the sciences, the service academies, and to trade and enterprise of their own. Above all, they leave determined to find the best way for them personally to contribute to society. That is the outcome we work for.
A representative list gathered over the years. Our graduates also go on to trade schools, into the workforce, and to enterprises of their own.
Your application, forms, and where your child is in the process, all in your myAMS account.