These schools were voted the Best Montessori Schools in the Bay Area in Bay Area Parent’s 2025 Best of the Best reader poll. Read the full list of winners here.
East Bay
Gold: The Renaissance International School. This is a three-language immersion Montessori school with a diverse faculty and student community. Oakland. therenaissanceschool.org.
Silver: East Bay Montessori. El Cerrito. eastbaymontessori.org.
Bronze: Valley Montessori School. Livermore. vmschool.org.
Peninsula
Gold: North Shoreview Montessori. This school in the San Mateo-Foster City School District supports the whole child using the Montessori method. San Mateo. northshoreview.smfcsd.net.
Silver: Parkside Montessori. San Mateo. parkside.smfcsd.net.
Bronze: Mills Montessori School. South San Francisco. millsmontessori.com.
San Francisco/Marin
Gold: Maria Montessori School of the Golden Gate. It provides pre-kindergarten, transitional kindergarten and kindergarten programs and daycare focusing on the Montessori method of education. San Francisco. sfmontessori.com.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Bowman School. Students explore using the senses to touch, feel and see the work and then draw conclusions alongside a teacher. Palo Alto. bowmanschool.org.
Silver: Canyon Heights Academy. Campbell. canyonheightsacademy.com.
Bronze: Orion Montessori School. San Jose. orionmontessori.com.
