Private & international schools in Montgomery

Map Perry Hill Road and both Vaughn Road addresses

Saint James gives 6010 Vaughn Road. Montgomery Academy’s Hill Campus at 1550 Perry Hill Road serves Kindergarten–Grade 4; its 3240 Vaughn Road campus serves Middle School Grades 5–8 and Upper School Grades 9–12. Specify both school and street number for visits. For siblings across Grade 4–5, the Academy transition changes the daily campus, so confirm each division’s entrance and collection timetable.

Saint James’s published admissions page addresses PreK2–Grade 12, while its academic description distinguishes elementary, middle and high-school teaching. It names literacy and numeracy in elementary school and a teacher advocate in middle school. Discuss the proposed early-learning class and birthday requirements directly. Montgomery Academy begins with Kindergarten, so a broad city-school comparison does not establish the same younger entry point.

Sources: Saint James Montgomery: Vaughn Road and grade-tailored rolling admission · Saint James Montgomery: elementary and middle-school teaching · Montgomery Academy: Hill and Vaughn Road phase map

Compare school diploma requirements before selecting AP courses

Saint James’s published student profile requires 25 Carnegie units for its general diploma and describes additional requirements for honours diplomas. For an honours transfer, it specifically requires four semesters at Saint James as well as the other academic and service conditions. Ask the school to assess both prior credit and the time remaining, including the required consecutive world-language sequence; a high AP tally alone does not settle the award.

Montgomery Academy separately requires 23 units earned in Grades 9–12, including three units of one world language and a senior mathematics or science unit. Its subject page describes Latin, French and Spanish. Ask how previously completed subjects will be accepted and which current advanced combinations fit the pupil’s timetable. These are each school’s graduation rules, not one Montgomery-wide diploma standard or a promise of college credit.

Sources: Saint James Montgomery: general and honours diploma transfer conditions · Montgomery Academy: graduation units and transfer-credit question · Montgomery Academy: senior subject and language options

Kindergarten observation differs from later-school testing

Saint James describes rolling admission and requirements tailored by grade, potentially including assessment, confidential teacher evaluations and school records. Ask which apply to the receiving division and any mid-year move. Its published year-round process does not establish an available place or a pupil’s personal readiness.

Montgomery Academy’s Kindergarten page describes a classroom playgroup to observe readiness and gives a 28 January 2027 open house, while several surrounding deadline dates omit the year. Its Grades 5–12 checklist requires ISEE testing, with PSAT, SAT, Pre-ACT or ACT also accepted for Grades 9–12, plus confidential teacher evaluations and records. Confirm the applicable cycle, accepted test and receiving class. Request a dated complete quotation from each school, including advanced exams, books, devices, after-school provision and any learning support.

Sources: Saint James Montgomery: Vaughn Road and grade-tailored rolling admission · Montgomery Academy: Kindergarten observation and mixed-year dates · Montgomery Academy: Grades 5–12 testing and confidential evaluations

Compare documented pathways and campuses

These are the pathways recorded for each included campus. Online provision appears separately. A senior qualification does not establish provision in younger years.

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