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schools in the

Washington Metropolitan Area The Washington metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of the states of Maryland, Virgin ...

Private schools

Washington, D.C.

*Acton Academy of Washington, DC (PS-8) *Aidan Montessori School (PS-6) * Archbishop Carroll High School (9–12) *Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School (PS-3) * British School of Washington (PS-12) *Capitol Hill Day School (PS-8) *Calvary Christian Academy (PS-8) *Dupont Park Adventist School (PS-3) *

Edmund Burke School Edmund Burke School is an independent college preparatory school in Washington, D.C. Located on Connecticut Avenue NW, two blocks from the Van Ness - UDC metro station, Burke enrolls approximately 315 students in Grades 6-12. Founded in 1968 by ...

(6–12) *

Emerson Preparatory School Emerson Preparatory School (also known as Emerson) was a small private high school in Northwest Washington, D.C., founded in 1852 as the Emerson Institute. It was Washington's oldest co-ed college preparatory school. The school closed at the end ...

(9–12) *

The Field School The Field School is a preparatory school in Washington, D.C., located in the old Cafritz mansion on Foxhall Road. The school teaches 6th-12th grade, with about 368 students attending as of the 2019–2020 school year. Notable alumni * * (cla ...

(6–12) *

Georgetown Day School Georgetown Day School (GDS) is an independent coeducational PK-12 school located in Washington, D.C. The school educates 1,075 elementary, middle, and high school students in northwestern Washington, D.C. Russell Shaw is the current Head of Sch ...

(PS-12) *

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School is a private Roman Catholic college-preparatory school for girls located in the historic Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Georgetown. Founded in 1799 by the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (also k ...

(9–12) *

Gonzaga College High School Gonzaga College High School is a private Catholic college-preparatory high school for boys in Washington, D.C. Founded by the Jesuits in 1821 as the Washington Seminary, Gonzaga is named in honor of Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian saint from the 16 ...

(9–12) *

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) is a private day school serving deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through grade 8 on the campus of Gallaudet University in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Alongside Model Seco ...

*Kirov Academy of Ballet (7–12) *

Lab School of Washington The Lab School of Washington is a small (grades 1–12) independent school in Washington, D.C. for students with language based learning differences like dyslexia. The Lab School was established in 1967 by Sally Smith. Kim Wargo has directed th ...

(1–12) * Lowell School (PS-8) *

Maret School Maret School is a coeducational, K–12 independent school in Washington, D.C. It was founded by Marthe Maret in 1911 as a French primary school for girls and boys. History In the late 1800s and early 1900s, three French sisters, Mlles Marth ...

(K–12) *

Model Secondary School for the Deaf The Model Secondary School (MSSD) is a residential four-year high school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students located on the Gallaudet University campus in Washington, D.C. History Prior to 1970, Kendall School for the Deaf served students f ...

(9–12) *Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School (Prek-8) *

Nannie Helen Burroughs School The Nannie Helen Burroughs School, formerly known as National Training School for Women and Girls, was a private coeducational elementary school at 601 50th Street NE in Washington, D.C. The school was founded in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs as ...

(K–6) *

National Cathedral School National Cathedral School (NCS) is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls in grades 4–12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by philanthropist and suffragist Phoe ...

(4–12) *National Presbyterian School (PS-6) * Parkmont School (6–12) *

Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C. (russian: Средняя общеобразовательная школа при Посольстве России в США, г. Вашингтон) is a Russian overseas school in Washington, DC. The sc ...

* St. Albans School (4–12) *St. Jerome Institute (9-12) * St. John's College High School (9–12) * St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (PS-8) * Sheridan School (K–8) *

Sidwell Friends School Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through high school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas W. Sidwell, its motto is ' ( en, Let the light shine out from all), al ...

(PS-12) *Templeton Academy DC (9–12) *

Washington International School The Washington International School (abbreviated as WIS; es, Colegio Internacional de Washington; french: École Internationale de Washington) is a private international school in Washington, DC. Established in 1966, WIS was the first school i ...

(PS-12)

Maryland

Academy of the Holy Cross The Academy of the Holy Cross is a Catholic college preparatory school sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross and founded in 1868. The academy is located on a campus in North Bethesda, Maryland (Kensington postal address),

, Kensington (9–12) * Ascension Lutheran School, Landover Hills (K–8) *Auburn School, Silver Spring and Baltimore (K–8) *

Barrie School Barrie School is a progressive independent school for students age 12 months through Grade 12 located in an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland, outside of Washington, D.C. The school is within the Glenmont, Maryland, Glenmont censu ...

, Silver Spring (PS-12) *The Beddow Junior and Senior High School, Accokeek (7–12) *

Bullis School Bullis School is an independent, co-educational college preparatory day school for grades K-12. The school is located in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. History Bullis was founded in Washington D.C. in 1930 by Commander Willia ...

, Potomac (3–12) *

Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, often referred to as CESJDS or JDS, is a private, pluralistic Jewish JK-12 school located in two campuses in North Bethesda ( Rockville postal address), Maryland, United States.

, Rockville (K–12) *Chelsea School, Hyattsville (5–12) *Christ Episcopal School, Rockville (PS-8) *Concord Hill School, Chevy Chase (PS-3) *

Connelly School of the Holy Child Connelly School of the Holy Child is a Catholic, independent, college-preparatory school for girls, grades 6-12 located in Potomac, Maryland, USA. It is operated independently in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Archdiocese of Washing ...

, Potomac (6–12) *

DeMatha Catholic High School DeMatha Catholic High School is a four-year Catholic high school for boys located in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States. Named after John of Matha, DeMatha is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and is a member of the Washington ...

, Hyattsville (9–12) *

Elizabeth Seton High School Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Elizabeth Seton High School was established on March 15, 1957, ...

, Hyattsville (9-12) *

Friends Community School ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...

, College Park (K–8) *

Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Preparatory School (also known as Georgetown Prep) is a Jesuit college-preparatory school in North Bethesda, Maryland for boys in ninth through twelfth grade. It has a 93-acre (380,000 square meters) campus. It is the only Jesuit board ...

, North Bethesda (9–12) *

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, Potomac (PS-12) *Grace Episcopal Day School, Kensington (PS-8) * Green Acres School, Rockville (PS-8) * Good Counsel High School, Olney (9-12) *

Holton-Arms School Holton-Arms is an independent college-preparatory school for girls in grades 3–12, located in Bethesda, Maryland. As of the 2021–22 school year, there were 667 students and 94 faculty. Since 2007, Susanna Jones has been Head of School. The s ...

, Bethesda (3–12) * Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, Bowie (PK-8) *

Landon School Landon School is a private, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12, with an enrollment of approximately 680 students, in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Background Paul Landon Banfield and his wife, Mary Lee, fo ...

, Bethesda (3–12) * Maryland International Day School, Ft. Washington (PK-8) *

McLean School of Maryland McLean School (formerly the McLean School of Maryland) is a K-12 co-educational, college preparatory school located in Potomac, Maryland. History Founded in 1954 by Lenore and Delbert Foster, McLean School is an independent, coeducational, coll ...

, Potomac (K–12) * Mysa Micro School, Bethesda (6–12) *

New Hope Academy New Hope Academy, which includes New Hope International High School, is an academically oriented pre-school through high school private school, founded in 1990, and located on a former public school"Dream school gives parents New Hope", by Nicole B ...

, Landover Hills (K–12) * Norwood School, Bethesda (K–8) * St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Potomac (PS-12) *St. John's Episcopal School, Olney (PS-8) *

Sandy Spring Friends School Sandy Spring Friends School (SSFS) is a progressive, coeducational, college preparatory Quaker school serving students from preschool (age 3) through 12th grade. SSFS offers an optional 5- and 7- day boarding program in the Middle School and Uppe ...

, Sandy Spring (PS-12) * Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda (PS-8) *

Washington Waldorf School The Washington Waldorf School is a private K-12 school in Bethesda, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., on a 6-acre campus the school rents from Montgomery County. As a Waldorf school, the curriculum is based on the educational philosophy o ...

, Bethesda (PS-12) * The Woods Academy, Bethesda (PK-8) *Wye River Upper School, Centreville (9-12)

Virginia

Accotink Academy, Springfield, (Grades 1st-12 serving ages 6-21) * Ad Fontes Academy, Centreville (PK-12) *Alexandria Country Day School, Alexandria (K–8) *Auburn School, Chantilly (K–12) *Basilica School of Saint Mary's (PK-8) *

Bishop Ireton High School Bishop Ireton High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in Alexandria, Virginia, less than one mile from Old Town Alexandria. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, and named in honor of Peter Leo Ireton, ...

, Alexandria (9-12) *

Bishop O'Connell High School Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO) is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was established by the Diocese of Richmond, but it has been under the direction of the Di ...

, Arlington (9–12) * Browne Academy, Alexandria (PS-8) *

Burgundy Farm Country Day School Burgundy Farm Country Day School is an independent school on a campus in the Rose Hill census-designated place of Fairfax County, Virginia, with an Alexandria postal address, and in West Virginia. It serves students in grades Junior Kinderga ...

, Alexandria (PS-8) *Commonwealth Academy, Alexandria (6–12) * Episcopal High School, Alexandria (9–12) *

Flint Hill School Flint Hill School, founded in 1956, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school, in Oakton, Virginia, serving grades JK– 12. The school has separate upper and lower school campuses about a mile apart in Fairfax County, approximatel ...

, Oakton (PS-12) *Grace Episcopal School, Alexandria (PS-5) *Green Hedges School, Vienna (PS-8) *GW Community School (9-12) *

King Abdullah Academy King Abdullah Academy (KAA; ar, أكاديمية الملك عبد الله) is a Saudi Arabian international school located in Floris, an unincorporated area in Fairfax County, Virginia in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

(K-12) *The Langley School, McLean (PS-8) *

Loudoun Country Day School Loudoun Country Day School (LCDS) is an accredited, independent, coeducational pre-school through eighth-grade school located in Leesburg, Virginia. History The school was founded in 1953 by Mrs. William J. McDonald and Mrs. J. Churchill Newcomb ...

, Leesburg (PS-8) *

Madeira School The Madeira School (simply referred to as Madeira School or Madeira) is an elite, private, day and boarding college-preparatory school for girls in McLean, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1906 by Lucy Madeira Wing. History Ori ...

, McLean (9–12) *Merritt Academy, Fairfax (PS-8) *Metropolitan School of the Arts Academy, Lorton (7–12) * Middleburg Academy, Middleburg (9–12) *Montessori School of Northern Virginia, Annandale (PS-6) *Oakwood School, Alexandria (K-8) *

Paul VI Catholic High School St. Paul VI Catholic High School (known as PVI or Paul VI) is a Catholic school, Roman Catholic University-preparatory school, college preparatory school in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. The school was previously located in southwest Fairfa ...

, Fairfax (9-12) * Potomac School, McLean (K–12) *

Randolph-Macon Academy Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA) is a coeducational private boarding school with an elite Air Force JROTC component. R-MA serves students in grades 6-12 and maintains 100% college acceptance rate every year with each class averaging over $14 million ...

, Front Royal (6-12) *The River Farm Cooperative, Alexandria (K–5) * St. Stephens & St. Agnes School, Alexandria (PS-12) *

Trinity School at Meadow View Trinity School at Meadow View is a private, Blue Ribbon Award-winning Christian school in Falls Church, Virginia. It was founded in 1998 by the People of Praise and provides classical Christian education to students in grades 7-12. Since then it ...

, Falls Church (6-12) * Trinity Christian School, Fairfax, VA, (K-12) * Westminster School, Annandale (PK-Grade 8) ; Former *

Islamic Saudi Academy The Islamic Saudi Academy of Washington ( ar, الاكاديمية الاسلامية السعودية) was an International Baccalaureate (IB) World university preparatory school in Northern Virginia, accredited with the Southern Association ...

(K-12)

Catholic schools

The

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington The Archdiocese of Washington is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. Its territorial remit encompasses the District of Columbia and the counties of Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, P ...

(

Catholic Schools Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syst ...

) operates Catholic schools in DC and in Maryland suburbs. The

Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington The Diocese of Arlington ( la, Dioecesis Arlingtonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The Diocese of Arlington comprises 70 parishes across 21 counties and se ...

operates Catholic schools in the Virginia suburbs.

Washington, D.C.

; 6-12 schools : St. Anselm's Abbey School (

Saint Anselm's Abbey St. Anselm's Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey located at 4501 South Dakota Avenue, N.E., in Washington, D.C. It operates the boys' middle and high school St. Anselm's Abbey School, which was ranked by the ''Washington Post'' as the most challengin ...

) ; High schools (9–12) : Archbishop Carroll High School :

(

Georgetown Visitation Monastery The Monastery of the Visitation, Georgetown is a monastery of the Visitation Order in the District of Columbia, United States of America. History Founding This monastery was founded by Alice Lalor, native of County Kilkenny, Ireland, who ...

) :

: St. John's College High School ; K-8/PreK-8 schools *Annuciation School * Blessed Sacrament School *Holy Trinity School (PK-8) *Our Lady of Victory School (PreK3-8) *St. Augustine Catholic School (PK-8) *St. Anthony's School *St. Francis Xavier Academy (PreK-8) *St. Peter School (PK-8) *St. Thomas More Catholic Academy (PK-8) *Sacred Heart School ; Middle schools (6-8) * San Miguel School ;4-8 schools *Washington Jesuit Academy ; 3-8 schools * Washington School for Girls ; Former schools *Holy Redeemer School (PS-8) *Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute (K–12)

Maryland

This list only includes schools under the Washington Archdiocese that are in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. ; K-12 schools :

The Avalon School The Avalon School is a private independent day school for boys currently in Wheaton, Maryland, United States. It is associated with the Brookewood School, a private school for girls in Kensington, Maryland, and the Thomas More Institute, an umbre ...

, Gaithersburg :

Brookewood School Brookewood School is a private independent day school for girls located in Kensington, Maryland. It is associated with The Avalon School, a private school for boys in Wheaton, Maryland, and the Thomas More Institute, an umbrella program for home ...

, Kensington ; 1-12 schools : Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda ; 3-12 schools * The Heights School, Potomac ; 6-12 schools :

; High schools :

Bishop McNamara High School Bishop McNamara High School (BMHS or McNamara) is a private, Catholic coed high school in Forestville CDP in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland.DeMatha Catholic High School DeMatha Catholic High School is a four-year Catholic high school for boys located in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States. Named after John of Matha, DeMatha is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and is a member of the Washington ...

Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school and work study program in Takoma Park, Maryland in the D. C. area. It is cosponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington and the Salesians of Don Bosco. The sc ...

: Our Lady of Good Counsel High School : St. Vincent Pallotti High School ; K-8/PreK-8 schools (Prince George's County) * The Academy of Saint Matthias the Apostle ( Lanham) (PreK-8) * Holy Redeemer School ( College Park) (PreK-8) * Saint Ambrose School ( Cheverly) (PreK-8) * Saint Columba School (

Oxon Hill Oxon Hill is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Oxon Hill is a suburb of Washington, located southeast of the downtown district and east of Alexandria, Virginia. It ...

) (PreK-8) * Saint Jerome Academy (

Hyattsville Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and also a close, urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States Census. History Before Europeans reached the area, the upper A ...

) (PreK-8) * Saint John the Evangelist School ( Clinton) (PreK-8) * Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School ( Beltsville) (PreK-8) * Saint Mary of the Assumption School (near Upper Marlboro) (PreK-8) * Saint Mary of the Mills School (

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) * Saint Mary School (

Landover Hills Landover Hills is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,815. The town has a neighborhood named Defense Heights. History Landover Hills was incorporated in 1945. Geography Landover Hi ...

) (PreK-8) * Saint Mary's School of Piscataway ( Clinton) * Saint Philip the Apostle School ( Marlow Heights) (PreK-8) * St. Pius X Regional School ( Bowie) (PreK-8) ; Others *Holy Family School, Temple Hills (PS-8) *Immaculate Conception School (PS-6) * Mater Dei School, Bethesda (1–8) *St. Philip The Apostle School, Suitland (PS-8)

Virginia

; High schools : Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School :

: John Paul the Great Catholic High School : Oakcrest School :

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