How much $$ is pre-school?

VivaAmore

I have absolutely NO idea.

j-w

The one that DD will be going to in the fall is ~$1200 for the year (Sept. - beg. of June).

aggielady

Full-time or part-time?  My kids go to part-time and it is 2 days a week from 9-4 and it is $150/kid.  Full-time is probably anywhere from $1500 - 2000?  That is ballpark in TX.

My kids LOVE their school!

DevonPow

It totally depends - on the school and where you live. There is one essentially free (and very good) program in my town, but it is impossible to get into. One I looked at was $17,000 a year-. Yeah - we stopped looking at that one, lol.

Around here, the majority seem to be $10-12000 a year, but I am guessing that is high.

mrsterry

Depends on a lot of factors:  where you live, the ciriculum, how many days, pt/ft.

Ours is very inexpensive in comparison to lots of others on here.  For Tues and Thurs from 9:30a to 12:30p it is $103/month.

ETA:  In FL I was going to put Alexander in a preschool that was $150/week (or was it every other week) for half days Monday through Friday.

gracendantho26

We pay $590.00 for 3 mornings from 8:30-12:30

aggielady

That is per month.

DevonPow

uh, wow. I guess it IS really high around here.

 

Time to move to the 'burbs!!!!!!

Andrewsgal

For the school DD was at last year 3 days a week from 9-2 was $82 a week

Her school this year for 3 days a week from 9-2 is $230 a month

Next year she will go to a preschool by our house at our church for 3 days a week from 9-2 it is $260 a month

SpartanGirl

I think it really depends on where you live.  The school Abby will attend in the fall is $115 a month for 2 days a week (9-11:30).

VivaAmore

DevonPow:

It totally depends - on the school and where you live. There is one essentially free (and very good) program in my town, but it is impossible to get into. One I looked at was $17,000 a year-. Yeah - we stopped looking at that one, lol.

Around here, the majority seem to be $10-12000 a year, but I am guessing that is high.

Wow, I pay that much in FT daycare per year! I was thinking more of a local 1/2 day thing where they sing a song, read a book, do an art project and go home. A few hundred a year sounds more reasonable!

mommynow

Ours is through a church and relatively inexpensive - it ranges from $145 to $245 a month depending on how many days a week your child goes.

MarchMom06

I've looked at two recently:

$1200/month

$950/month

niecy

We pay $194 a week for full time

AWD

DS goes 2 days a week from 8:30-11:30 and it's $85 a month. So it equals out to a little over $10 a day. That $10 is so worth it for me to come home have some alone time and be able to get some cleaning done.

Chrisy-Wyobride

Co-op preschool (2 mornings a week) was $140/mo

Private Montessori (5 mornings a week) is $4500/yr (in-parish rate)

jnicks19

We pay $5K/year for a Montessori school.  M-F 9-12.

esposa38

12-18k for private pre-schools is the norm around here, too.  Co-ops are significantly less expensive.

LanaM

is there preschool in your dc? Ethan still goes to the same daycare, he's in preschool for 1/2 a day (curriculum) and the rest is just daycare.

not sure about regular 9-12 preschool... (or 9-11 maybe?)

JOEBunny

Ours is $1500 a year for 2 days.  It is cheaper by about $750 than any of the others for comparable amounts of time, the other one I would consider is $2250 for 2 days, but that is because it is really small and the church it is in does not charge rent and has volunteers to clean and do other task normally paid. 

MAM1006

I live in the Balt-Wash area and I pay about $3800 per year for MWF 9:15-12

stcroixbride

before I decided to do 2 Full days/week at a center (which is $120/week) to make my new work schedule more feasible, I looked at several options.

The 2-3 morning per week programs I investigated cost anywhere from $200-700/month.  The 5 morning/week montessori was $1K/month - that is what I was paying FT at an in-home!  I was shocked at some in-home preschools that were charging between $500-600/month for 3 mornings a week - INSANE!