Laurel Hill Nursery School is a non-profit business. The school depends on family tuition to meet day-to-day business needs.
Tuition at Laurel Hill is a lump annual sum, divided into 10 monthly payments. The first payment is due in August and the final is due in May. We do not prorate for shorter months (August and December); instead families pay a set tuition, each month from August through May.
Tiered Tuition. As of the 2023-24 school year Laurel Hill is utilizing a tiered tuition model. This allows community members with greater access to wealth to pay more to offset the cost for other families. We love this model because it allows us to share what we have within our community and allows multiple access points to fit the multiple economic realities of being a family with young children in San Francisco. (We encourage you to learn more about the sliding scale as a tool of economic justice here; for a visual representation of financial privilege as it relates to a sliding scale see this chart.)
How it works. Every family will be automatically placed in Tier B, but families have the option to opt into Tier A or Tier C. We suggest that families stay in Tier B if their households have an annual income of $129K-$199K. If a family's income is less than $128k they can opt into Tier A and if families have annual incomes of $200k+ then we ask that they opt into Tier C.
Tuition for the August to May academic year 2023/2024:
Tier A Tier B Tier C
Preschool $550 $560 $580
Pre K $650 $660 $680
Full Day $1555 $1585 $1645
Contracted EC $17/Hr $17/Hr $17/Hr
Drop in EC $18/Hr $18/Hr $18/Hr
EC Blocks
2 Day $960 $980 $1015
3 Day $1165 $1190 $1230
4 Day $1370 $1400 $1450
*EC=Extended Care