Preschool costs?

[DualvansMommy]

The hair coloring OP posted gotten me thinking about preschool costs. I'm curious how much you pay per month?

If you're comfortable telling us here, indicate what age; 2,3 and 4 years old. Also indicate type of preschool? Ie corporate setting ( like kangaroo kids, bright horizons, etc) or through your school district, or church based programs?

I went to an open house at a reformed church for DS2's preschool program. Was checking it out as heard it's really well regarded in my town, I want a school that is within 10 mins away.

Liked it a lot and thinking to do 3 full days for DS2 who will be close to 4 at time of enrollment. M, W, F at 440 a month which includes lunch.


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[SnuggleBuggles]

Part days, 4-5/ week, about $3000-5000/ year (actually, 9 months). Private university setting. The one through a local synagogue was the same price point and we did that for ds1.


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[mom2binsd]

Our preschool that my kids went to, small, church based preschool (though all they do is say a prayer before snack), for a 4 year old 3 afternoons a week is 130 a month, the preK 5 times a week is 195 a month.

This is a small midwest city.

[scrooks]

For DS2 next year I will pay $170 a month for 3 mornings a week. Typical church based preschool.

[trcy]

Full time for a newborn would have been about $900 per month at most centers. I was paying around $800 per month for DD when she was 4. The cost of childcare was the main reason we decided for me to stay home after DS was born.


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[georgiegirl]

Ds2 (3) goes to preschool at the public elementary school. It's 4 mornings a week for 2.5 hours. It's $175 a month. The 4 year old program will cost the same with the same hours but in the afternoon.

With DS1, I think we paid $150 for 3 year old preschool (3 days a week for 2.5 hours). It was at a church. His 4 year old preschool was steeply discounted since it was funded by the statewide free preschool program. We didn't do it for DS2 (long story.)

[marymoo86]

Varies here, not sure of part-time.

Our center, small local owned is $975 a month full time.

Bright Horizons would be $1100

[alleycat]

DD goes four days a week, four hours a day. The program is through the school district. We pay $450 a month.

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[westwoodmom04]

For 9 month a year, half day church based preschool
3 day 2s $3500
5 day 3s and 4s $5500

[schrocat]

We probably pay more than others.

For DS3 montessori preschool 5 days 2and a half hours per day, I think it was either 675 dollars or 690 dollars a month or maybe 650 dollars a month. It was last academic year so I don't really remember. It's gone up in cost for the next academic year over 700 dollars for 5 half days.

[Snow mom]

DS goes two half days (age 3) and the cost is $175/mo. Next year at age 4 he will be in the three half day program and its $215/mo. It's a small co-OP preschool, the most preschool-y preschool you can imagine.

[specialp]

3 yo preschool. $250/mo for 3 half days.

[BDKmom]

We pay $280/month for my 4 yr old DD. 9:30-1:30 M-F at our church. No food included.

[flashy09]

Mine seems crazy high. 11k for a 3 yr old to go MWF and 15k for a 4 yr old to go MWF full and T/TH half. It's a private school 2yr old - 8th grade.

[mikala]

Mine seems crazy high. 11k for a 3 yr old to go MWF and 15k for a 4 yr old to go MWF full and T/TH half. It's a private school 2yr old - 8th grade.
Dang. That's more than my college tuition cost.


We paid $225/mo for three half days a week, so 2k for 9 months.

[sunnyside]

The preschool down the street from me, that I would send my youngest if my oldest went to the elementary a block away.

4 hours a day =
5 mornings = $640
4 mornings = $568
3 mornings = $480
2 mornings = $375

Plus you can add on afternoons 3 days a week at the following rates
3 afternoons $374
2 afternoons $300
1 afternoon $180

MidHigh COL urban area

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My oldest has been in a Waldorf inspired program, not really a preschool, but for 3-6 year olds, that is 4 hours a day 3 days a week for $400 a month.

[PZMommy]

Ours was $780 a month for full days M-F, and it included a snack and lunch.

[AnnieW625]

We are in SE Los Angeles County

Dd1 we paid $220 a month (iirc) for 3 1/2 days a week at a preschool housed at a church, but non religious. It was $150 a month when she went two days 1/2 days week. This was in 2009-2011 when she was 3 to 5 yrs. old. She also went to an in home daycare the rest of the time and that cost was $800 a month. So the preschool cost for 9 months was $1350 for 2 day and $1950 for 3 day, but the full time day care was about $9600 a year, so the total was about $12k per year for both.

With DD2 she never went to a true organized preschool as we decided to keep her at the inhome daycare where the owner/teacher (credentialed who previously taught at the preschool DD1 went to) had a school area and did preschool lessons for the pre school age kids (most kids were 3-5) and it worked out fine for DD2. She has been so inspired by that experience that she wants to be a sahm that runs a preschool at her house when she grows up. The monthly cost was between $850-$900 a month (depending on the # of weeks in the month). This was from 2013 to 2015. This cost about $10k per year.

Private non secular pre schools attached to private k-8 or k-12 schools are about $15k here from what I understand and daycare is still extra. The JCC part time preschool program is $500 a month iirc.

ETA: both in home daycares we went to included lunch and two snacks in tuition and one also included breakfast.

[llama8]

My kids attend a N-8th grade Catholic school. The 5 full day pre-k program is about $5000 for the entire year. The 3 full day is around $3600 for the year. (We save a ton not continuing on with daycare for pre-k)


We got a big tuition save/sibling discount when my youngest was in pre-K last year since my older daughter was there for 1st grade. Both kids cost us $7200 for the year total. We get the same sibling discount going forward each year. I also paid a little extra because my kids needed the afterschool program.

[MelissaTC]

Timely thread as I just registered Little M for preschool. She will go T-W-Th to a play based preschool at an Epsicopal church for $195 a month. I think that is a little lower than some of the other church programs and certainly less than the private school or daycare affiliated programs.

[smilequeen]

Mine went to Montessori preschool, 5 half days was 11K/year. The year before K, we did 3 full and 2 half days and it was around 15K. K is full day for us.

[Pear]

At a corporate plAce we paid $450 a month for 2 mornings a week including lunch. That could have been as much as 5.5 hours a session, but dd just attended during the core academic section which was 3.5 hours.

Through the county we paid $180 a month for 3 three hour blocks a week.

[rin]

I am so envious of the costs I'm seeing on here!

For 3x/week, 3.5 hours a day (we sent lunch), we paid about $350/month for preschool/pre-k. This was a Spanish immersion program, and was on the lower side for preschool costs in our area.

For full day (availability from 7am-6pm, snacks are included but parents provide lunch) daycare that includes a pre-k program we pay $1450/month. This is also on the lower side for center-based care in our area.

[teresah00]

DD goes to a 4yo program In a church MWF 9:15-11:45 that costs $235/month. They offer a pre-k for kids not ready for K or who start preschool a few months early that she might go to next year. It's M-F for $325 I believe. It's one of the least expensive in the area. Sis lives 30 min away and pays about 25k for 9 months of 1/2 day preschool at a Montessori program.

[mackmama]

Our preschool was $13k/yr for 5 days 9am-1pm. A local play-based neighborhood preschool. We are in a very HCOL.

[basilicali]

Kindercare $320/week including breakfast, lunch and snacks. We are in a HCOL area.
I was looking at Kinder afterschool programs, one of them is $11k per year including 3 weeks of summer--yikes!
Our Kinder is only 3 hrs/ day here.

ETA: i get a 10% discount through work.

[Ms B]

We pay $242/week for our district's year round early childhood program. Runs M-F, includes breakfast, lunch, and two snacks and includes before and after care. Closed all major holidays, plus Spring Break and two weeks at winter break; we cover those times at his old school, which was $375/week (and not even close to the most expensive program around here).

Switching to the district program saved us a car payment every month.

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