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59 Schools

The Wildflower network includes 52 open schools, 26 of which have opened since the start of the pandemic. We expect to open another 10-15 schools before the end of the fiscal year

14 States, Washington D.C. + Puerto Rico

Wildflower schools operate in California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

Each school serves a 3-year age band following the Montessori convention (e.g., 0-3 year olds, 3-6 year olds). Schools operate as non-profit childcare centers, micro-charters, and voucher funded independent schools.

62%

Preschool (3-6)

19%

Pre-preschool (0-3)

17%

Elementary school

Secondary school

22%

Schools for 0-3 year olds

26%

Elementary through junior high schools

74%

Primary schools for 3-6 year olds

High schools

Demographics

70%

Students who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color

48%

Teacher Leaders who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color

32%

Students who live in families that qualify as low-income based on HUD income limits

1,200 students

Currently enrolled. At full capacity, our 59 open Wildflower schools will serve over 1,800 students across the United States

Growth

73%

Growth per year from 2015-2020

+33

Grew from 26 to 52 schools since the start of the pandemic

Montessori children having lunch at table

30%+

Wildflower’s network is projected to grow approximately 30-40% per year going forward

Outcomes

83 NPS

Wildflower families gave their schools a Net Promoter Score of 84 in the 2020-21 school year

90% Teacher Retention

Average year over year teacher retention is 90%

75%

Average compensation for a Wildflower Teacher Leader is 75% higher than that of an average preschool teacher, 30% higher than average Montessori teacher and 25% higher than the average child care director.

“My number one responsibility as a parent is to keep my kids safe. Picking a school was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. I had never had my boys in day care – they’d been with me, my husband or my mother in law. Finding a school that we felt confident in was a huge decision.

From the day we came for the open house, I was almost in tears because I felt so at home. I felt like my kids really had a place that was safe. Not just physically safe but safe for them to have emotions and go through struggles. The teachers here have become like extra family – like aunts to my boys.

They come home and tell me stories about how they worked through this or talked through that and what they learned about life – that I didn’t teach them. I see them handling it so beautifully. Every day they’re in a space that is safe in all different ways.”

– PARENT AT COSMOS MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN

“My why – why open my own school, why Wildflower, why Rose – is to invest in underserved communities like the communities where I come from in New York City. The core of my work is investing in Black, Indigenous, People of Color and providing liberatory education. Living into that investment as a Teacher Leader has been an incredible journey.”

CORINA VELAZQUEZ
FOUNDER AND TEACHER LEADER
THE ROSE SCHOOL NEW YORK, NY

“Roxbury Roots was an answer to the questions that people kept asking me: How do I educate my son? How do I bring more culture? How do I get this Montessori education? How do I afford this education? To open a school in a place where I was born feels really good. To give back to and contribute to the community where I was born feels really good.”