Montessori school near Belmont
Mills Montessori is about 13 miles from Belmont, at 1400 Hillside Blvd. in South San Francisco. One campus, ages two through fifth grade, open 7:30 am to 6:00 pm since 1988.
The honest pitch to a Belmont family is a short one: one campus, one method, ages two to eleven, and a price list you can read before you call.
Belmont is at the edge of a sensible daily drive to Hillside Boulevard. If you are coming from here, the extended day matters twice over — it lets you avoid both the morning and the evening peak.
Getting here from Belmont
| Our campus | 1400 Hillside Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080 |
| Distance from Belmont | About 13 miles |
| Getting here | North on Highway 101 or 280. |
| Area | San Mateo County |
| Local public district | Belmont-Redwood Shores School District |
| Ages served | Two through fifth grade |
| Hours | Monday to Friday, 7:30 am – 6:00 pm |
| Enrollment | Open year-round, subject to availability |
Distance is approximate and measured in a straight line. The honest test is to drive it once at drop-off time — book a tour and you will.
What Belmont families enroll in
Five programs, one building, one method — and the last of them runs to fifth grade.
Montessori Preschool
Preschool II is where the method does its most visible work: children choose their own tasks, stay with them as long as they hold, and start reading and calc…
Read moreages 2–3Montessori Toddler Program
A small, deliberately calm room for two- and three-year-olds — and potty training is not required to start, which rules a lot of families out elsewhere.
Read morethe kindergarten yearMontessori Kindergarten
The third year of the three-year cycle, and the one most families are tempted to skip for a free public place. It is the year the two before it were building…
Read morethrough 5th gradeMontessori Elementary School
The reason most families end up at Mills rather than somewhere closer: almost every other Montessori school within reach of here stops at kindergarten.
Read moreages 2–11Montessori Summer Sessions
Three optional summer sessions after the 180-day school year, enrolled separately, with the same 7:30 am to 6:00 pm coverage.
Read moreWhy families make the drive
The question we get from Belmont is almost always the same one: what happens at six. Here the answer is that nothing happens — the child stays, in the same school, through fifth grade.
- Elementary through fifth gradeThe single most useful thing to know about us, and the reason most families travel past a closer preschool.
- Tuition published in full$1,100–$1,750 a month by program and schedule, every fee listed. No inquiry form between you and a number.
- A day that covers a working day7:30 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Friday — which matters more the further you are driving.
- Open enrollment, year-roundSubject to availability. You apply when your family needs a place.
- Licensed and easy to checkCalifornia Department of Social Services facility #414002135, licensed capacity 120.
What Belmont families ask
- Can we come part-time?Yes. Three, four or five days a week, and morning, full day or extended full day. Families driving from Belmont more often lengthen the day than shorten the week, but both are offered.
- Do you have a campus in Belmont?No — and we would rather be straightforward about it. Mills Montessori has a single campus at 1400 Hillside Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080, about 13 miles from Belmont. Everything on this page is about that one school and the families who drive to it.
- How long does the drive from Belmont really take?North on Highway 101 or 280. We will not pretend to know your morning — the useful thing is to drive it once at drop-off time. Book a tour for 8:45 am and you will find out on the way in.
- Do you give priority to families from Belmont?No. Enrollment is open year-round and offered in the order places come free, regardless of which town you are driving from.
Other areas we serve
Come and watch a morning before you decide anything. Twenty minutes at the back of a working classroom will tell you more than this page can, and it is the only way to judge whether the drive from Belmont is worth it for your family.
Come and see a morning
Tours run during the school day, year-round. About 13 miles from Belmont.