At a Glance
An Intimate Montessori Microschool Where Every Child Is Known
Best suited for
Families seeking a deeply personal, small-scale Montessori experience for a young child, who value continuity from toddler through elementary and are genuinely drawn to mixed-age learning. A strong fit for parents who want their child known by every adult in the building and who are prepared to handle the middle school transition separately.
What stands out
- Exceptionally small enrollment of just 15 students with a 2.5:1 student-teacher ratio — one of the most intimate learning environments in Brooklyn
- Continuity from toddler (age 2) through elementary (age 10) under one roof
- Full classic Montessori curriculum spanning all five traditional learning areas
- American Montessori Society accreditation
- Mixed-age classrooms where older students lead and younger ones learn from peers
- Enrichment in dance, music, science/nature, and a second language woven into the daily program
Things to consider
- The very small enrollment means a limited peer pool — children will share classrooms with the same handful of classmates for years
- Elementary tops out around age 10, so families will need to plan a separate middle school transition
- The scale offers intimacy but also fewer resources, facilities, and extracurricular options than larger programs
- The school is nonsectarian but firmly committed to a specific educational philosophy — best understood as a real commitment to Montessori, not a hybrid approach
Identity
AMS-accredited Montessori program with a child-centered philosophy, mixed-age classrooms, and teachers acting as facilitators rather than directors. The curriculum covers practical life, mathematics, language, sensorial, and cultural studies — the five traditional Montessori fields — with enrichment in dance, music, science, and second language.
Community
Parents describe a tight-knit community with loving teachers and administrators, and a robust commitment to authentic Montessori practice. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse — a 0.94 diversity index — with families across multiple backgrounds represented in the small cohort.
Neighborhood
The school sits in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, a middle-income Brooklyn neighborhood where roughly 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree and median household income is around $73,000. Rogers Avenue is a residential stretch of brownstones, small apartment buildings, and family homes typical of the area.
The 2 and 5 trains at Winthrop Street are about a four-minute walk; Sterling Street is roughly seven minutes, and Church Avenue about eleven minutes on foot.
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What Parents Are Saying
Parents on Park Slope Parents describe the school as a tight-knit community with loving teachers and administrators. Parents appreciate the robust Montessori approach, mixed-age classrooms, practical life lessons, and beautiful classrooms. One parent noted their children thrived there and highly recommends the school.
Synthesized from public parent reviews · Apr 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI a good school?
- Published quality ratings aren't available for LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI yet on Motley. It's a private school serving grades Pre-K to 5 in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate.
- What grades does LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI serve?
- LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI serves grades Pre-K to 5.
- How do students get into LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI?
- LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI runs its own private admissions process — typically an application, a visit, and sometimes testing.
- Is LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI public, charter, or private?
- LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI is a private school.
- What neighborhood is LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI in?
- LEFFERTS GARDENS MONTESSORI is in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn.