Tuition & Affordability

We are unique from most private schools in that we serve a special population. For most families, Siena's tuition and fees will qualify as a tax-deductible medical expense.* This has the potential to reduce your tuition costs by thousands of dollars each year. Other expenses, such as your transportation costs, will also generally be tax-deductible. For more information on this deduction, please speak with our staff, see IRS Publication 502, and consult your individual tax advisor.  

*Individual circumstances will vary, so please be sure to consult your personal tax advisor on whether you will be eligible. 

Thanks to a new law, families can now allocate up to $20,000 per year from a 529 Plan towards private school education.

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Money can be designated to pay for Siena as a medical expense from these accounts.

You may be able to eliminate outside expenses because of Siena's daily reading intervention, study skills, and organization strategies. Some outside expenses may include Occupational Therapists, College Counseling, Speech-Language Pathologists, Executive Functioning Coaches, and Tutors.

Tuition paid by a generous benefactor directly to Siena qualifies as a tax-exempt gift, allowing payments to exceed the gift tax limit.

Finally, we partner with FACTS, a national, third-party tuition management service to offer a monthly payment plan. Enrolling in FACTS also permits you to pay tuition using automated bank debits or credit card payments.  For more information, please see our FACTS Payment Plan page.

To assist families that may not otherwise be able to consider Siena, we dedicate a significant portion of our operating funds to support a generous financial aid program. We expect approximately 25-30% of students will receive tuition assistance, with average grant awards of about $7,500-$10,000. We also expect to offer a limited number of scholarship grants covering up to 75% of tuition and fees. For more information, or to apply, please visit our page on Financial Aid.

A non-refundable enrollment deposit equal to 10% of annual tuition is due with the enrollment contract. 

• Application fee: $112 Non-refundable, due with new applications.
• SPA fee: $75
• Tuition Refund Plan: 2% of annual tuition, net of financial aid.
  (This optional fee allows for the cancelation of annual tuition obligations as described below.) 

Upon acceptance, you will receive an enrollment contract. This enrollment contract must be signed and returned to Siena within 14 days of receipt, along with the non-refundable enrollment deposit.

We make important staffing and other decisions for the following school year based on these indications of enrollment. Therefore, entering into an enrollment contract obligates you to pay the full amount of annual tuition and fees regardless of a student's withdrawal, absence or dismissal from the school at any time throughout the year.

To protect against unforeseen student withdrawal or dismissal, we offer families the option to participate in Siena's Tuition Refund Plan.

For a fee of 2.0% of the annual tuition, net of financial aid awarded, this plan provides a 50% refund of the unused portion of tuition in the event of a student's withdrawal or dismissal from Siena. Tuition refund payments exclude the non-refundable enrollment deposit and are based on the number of school days enrolled relative to the total number of school days in the academic year. Tuition refunds for voluntary withdrawals do not become effective until the student has attended for twenty-one consecutive calendar days (including weekends) commencing with the student's first class day of attendance in the academic year. Any balance due Siena for tuition, fees, or other charges will be deducted from any tuition refund payments due upon withdrawal.