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The Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools is an American nonprofit education organization representing 120
independent school An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...
s in the US state of
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
and the
District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
. Based in
Glen Burnie, Maryland Glen Burnie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population of Glen Burnie was 67,639 at the 2010 census. History In 1812, Elias Glenn, a d ...
, it was founded in 1967 as the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) and is a member of the
National Association of Independent Schools The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1962, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boar ...
(NAIS) and the International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA). The Association provides
accreditation Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...
services for its member schools as well as support for professional and institutional development. It also organizes regional employment Fairs, and it acts as a public advocate for the independence of its members from government regulation.


Member schools


Maryland

* Calverton School, Huntingtown (PK-12) *The Country School, Easton (K-8) *Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville (K-12) * Worcester Preparatory School, Berlin (PK-12)


Anne Arundel County, Maryland

* Archbishop Spalding High School, Severn (9-12) *Chesapeake Montessori School, Annapolis (PK-8) *
Indian Creek School Indian Creek School is a coeducational, university-preparatory school in Crownsville, Maryland. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. History Founding Indian Creek School was founded in September 1973 by educators An ...
, Crownsville (PK-12) *
The Key School The Key School is an independent coeducational school, located in the neighborhood of Hillsmere Shores in Annapolis, Maryland. The Key School was established by a group of tutors from St. John's College in 1958. Key is a member of the National A ...
, Annapolis (PK-12) *Naval Academy Primary School, Annapolis (PK-5) *Saint Andrew's United Methodist Day School, Edgewater (PK-8) *St. Anne's School of Annapolis, Annapolis (PK-8) *St. Martin's-in-the-Field Episcopal School (PK-8) *
Severn School Severn School was founded in 1914 by Roland M. Teel in Severna Park, Maryland, as a preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy. In 2013, Severn School merged with nearby Chesapeake Academy. Currently the school enrolls boys and girl ...
, Arnold/Severna Park (PK-12) *The Summit School, Edgewater (1-8)


Baltimore, Maryland

* Baltimore Lab School (1-12) *
Boys' Latin School of Maryland Boys' Latin School of Maryland is an all-boys, university-preparatory school located in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1844, it is the oldest independent, nonsectarian secondary school in the state of Maryland. The school is divided into Lower, M ...
(K-12) *
Bryn Mawr School Bryn Mawr School, founded in 1885 as the first college-preparatory school for girls in the United States, is an independent, nonsectarian all-girls school for grades PK-12, with a coed preschool. Bryn Mawr School is located in the Roland Park co ...
(PK-12) *
Catholic High School of Baltimore The Catholic High School of Baltimore is a private school, private, all-girls, Roman Catholic high school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. Background The Catholic High School of Baltimore is a ...
(9-12) *The Community School (9-12) * Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (9-12) *
Friends School of Baltimore Friends School of Baltimore is a private Quaker school in Baltimore, serving students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. One of the prestigious Roland Park 5 Preparatory Schools, Friends has been described by author Judy Colbert as "a challen ...
(PK-12) *
Gilman School Gilman School is an all-boys independent school located in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. There are three school divisions: Lower School, grades pre-kindergarten through five; Middle School, grades six through eight; and Upp ...
(PK-12) *The GreenMount School (K-8) * Mercy High School *Mother Seton Academy (6-8) *
Mount Saint Joseph High School Mount Saint Joseph College (commonly MSJ or Mount Saint Joe) is a Catholic college preparatory school and secondary school / high school for young men from ninth to twelfth grade sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers and founded in 1876. It is locate ...
(9-12) *
Roland Park Country School Roland Park Country School (RPCS) is an independent all-girls college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It serves girls from kindergarten through grade 12. It is located on Roland Avenue in the northern area of Baltimore ...
(PK-12) *St. Ignatius Loyola Academy (5-8) *Sisters Academy of Baltimore (5-8) *
Waldorf School of Baltimore The Waldorf School of Baltimore is a private, co-education school that was established in 1971 under the name New Morning School. It is located in the Cold Spring Newtown community, Baltimore, Maryland. It adopted the Waldorf curriculum in 1972 a ...
(PK-8)


Baltimore County, Maryland

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Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School is a private community Jewish day school in Baltimore County, Maryland. It encompasses preschool through twelfth grade. The school has one campus in Pikesville. The campus includes the PreSchool, Lower School ...
, Pikesville (PK-12) *
Calvert Hall College High School Calvert Hall College High School (also known as "Calvert Hall" or "CHC") is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys, located in Towson, Maryland, United States. The school's mission is to make its students "men of intellect, men of f ...
, Towson (9-12) *Cambridge School, Towson (K-8) * Concordia Preparatory School, Towson (6-12) *
Garrison Forest School Garrison Forest School (GFS) is a non-denominational private college preparatory boarding and day school located on a campus in Owings Mills, Maryland. GFS offers kindergarten through 12th grade for girls as well as a co-educational program for ...
, Owings Mills (PK-12) *Greenspring Montessori School, Lutherville-Timonium (PK-9) *Jemicy School, Owings Mills (1-12) *Krieger Schechter Day School, Pikesville (K-8) *
Loyola Blakefield Loyola Blakefield is a private Catholic, college preparatory school run by the USA East Province of the Society of Jesus in Towson, Maryland and within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. It was established in 1852 by the Jesuits as an all-boys school f ...
, Towson (6-12) *
Maryvale Preparatory School Maryvale Preparatory School is a Catholic, independent school for girls in grades six through 12. Affiliated with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Maryvale is located in Lutherville, Maryland. It is also affiliated with the Roman Catholic Arch ...
, Lutherville (6-12) *
McDonogh School McDonogh School is a private, coeducational, PK-12, college-preparatory school founded in Owings Mills, Maryland, United States in 1873. The school is named after John McDonogh, whose estate originally funded the school. The school now enrolls ...
, Owings Mills (PK-12) * Notre Dame Preparatory School (6-12) *The Odyssey School, Stevenson (K-8) *Ohr Chadash Academy, Baltimore (PK-8) *
Oldfields School Oldfields School is a college preparatory school for girls in grades 8 through 12 in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland. It was founded in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1867 by Anna Austen McCulloch and is the oldest girls' boarding school in Maryland. ...
, Sparks Glencoe (8-12) *
Park School of Baltimore The Park School of Baltimore, known as Park, is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian, progressive day school for children in Pre-Kindergarten (age 4) through grade twelve. Park is located in Brooklandville, Maryland, near the city of Baltimo ...
, Brooklandville (PK-12) *St. James Academy, Monkton (PK-8) *St. Paul's Schools, Brooklandville (K-12) *
St. Timothy's School St. Timothy's School is a four-year private all-girls boarding high school in Stevenson, Maryland. History The school was founded as a school for girls by Sarah Randolph Carter in Catonsville, Maryland in 1882. In 1952, the school moved to Steve ...
, Stevenson (9-12)


Carroll County, Maryland

*Gerstell Academy, Finksburg (PK-12) *Montessori School of Westminster, Westminster (PK-9)


Harford County, Maryland

* Harford Day School, Bel Air (PK-8) *The Highlands School, Bel Air (K-12) *
The John Carroll School The John Carroll School Inc., established in 1964 and incorporated in 1971, is a private Catholic school for grades 9–12. It is located in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. History ...
, Bel Air (9-12)


Howard County, Maryland

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Glenelg Country School Glenelg Country School is a nonsectarian, co-educational independent day school in Howard County, Maryland, adjacent to Columbia, Maryland and between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The School offers a continuous college-preparatory program from ...
, Ellicott City (PK-12) *St. John's Parish Day School, Ellicott City (PK-5) *Trinity School, Ellicott City (PK-8)


Kent County, Maryland

*Kent School, Chestertown (PK-8) *Radcliffe Creek School, Chestertown (PK-8)


Montgomery County, 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) *Alef Bet Montessori School, Bethesda (PK/K) *Barnesville School of Arts & Sciences, Barnesville (PK-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 (PK-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 (K-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 (PK-12) *Christ Episcopal School, Rockville (PK-8) *Concord Hill School, Chevy Chase (PK-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) *Diener School, Potomac (K-6) *Evergreen School, Silver Spring (PK-3) *
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) *Grace Episcopal Day School, Kensington (PK-5) *Green Acres School, North Bethesda (PK-8) *The Harbor School, Bethesda (PK-2) *
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) *
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, fou ...
, Bethesda (3-12) * Mater Dei School, Bethesda (1-8) *
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) * Norwood School, Bethesda (PK-8) * Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Olney (9-12) *The Primary Day School, Bethesda (PK-2) *
Rochambeau French International School Rochambeau The French International School of Washington DC is a private French international school in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. It maintains its administrative headquarters and its secondary campus in Bethesda, a pres ...
, Bethesda (PK-12) * St. Andrew's Episcopal School, Potomac (PK-12) *St. John's Episcopal School, Olney (PK-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 (PK-12) *
Seneca Academy and Circle School Darnestown is a United States census-designated place (CDP) and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CDP is with the Potomac River as its southern border and the Muddy Branch as much of its eastern border. Seneca Creek (Po ...
, Darnestown (PK-5) * Sidwell Friends School (Lower School), Bethesda (PK-5) * Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda (PK-12) *Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda (PK-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 (PK-12) * The Woods Academy, Bethesda (PK-8)


Prince George's County, Maryland

*Friends Community School, College Park (K-8) *Holy Trinity School, Glenn Dale/Bowie (PK-8) * St. Vincent Pallotti High School, Laurel (9-12)


Queen Anne's County, Maryland

* The Gunston School, Centreville (9-12) *Wye River Upper School, Centreville (9-12)


Washington DC

*Aidan Montessori School (PK-6) *
Beauvoir School The Beauvoir School is a coeducational primary school on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D.C., serving students from pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade. In 1933, it was founded to prepare boys for St. Albans School a ...
(PK-3) *Capitol Hill Day School (PK-8) *
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) *
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 ...
(PK-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) *
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 (PK-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) *Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital (PK-8) *MYSA School (K-12) *
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 (PK-6) * Parkmont School (6-12) *The River School (PK-3) * St. Albans School (4-12) * St. Anselm's Abbey School (6-12) * St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (PK-8) * Sheridan School (K-8) * Sidwell Friends School (Middle/Upper School) (6-12) * Washington Jesuit Academy (4-8)


References


External links


Official WebsiteSchool Reviews & RatingsAssociation of Independent Maryland Schools – Statistics 2002-2011
on the official website of the
National Association of Independent Schools The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1962, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boar ...
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