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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 The British International School of Washington (BISW) is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational British school located in the Georgetown neighborhood near the border of the Georgetown and Glover Park neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. BISW edu ...
(PS-12) *Capitol Hill Day School (PS-8) *Calvary Christian Academy (PS-8) *Dupont Park Adventist School (PS-3) * Edmund Burke School (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 Sc ...
(PS-12) * Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (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 1 ...
(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 S ...
*Kirov Academy of Ballet (7–12) * Lab School of Washington (1–12) * Lowell School (PS-8) * Maret School (K–12) * Model Secondary School for the Deaf (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 T ...
(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. * St. Albans School (4–12) *St. Jerome Institute (9-12) * St. John's College High School (9–12) *
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School is an independent nursery, elementary, and middle school in Washington, D.C. It is affiliated with St. Patrick's Episcopal Church. History Founded in 1956 as a nursery school in a townhouse basement, the sch ...
(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), a ...
(PS-12) *Templeton Academy DC (9–12) * Washington International School (PS-12)


Maryland

* Academy of the Holy Cross, Kensington (9–12) * Ascension Lutheran School, Landover Hills (K–8) *Auburn School, Silver Spring and Baltimore (K–8) * Barrie School, 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 Willi ...
, Potomac (3–12) * Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, 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, 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, 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 boar ...
, North Bethesda (9–12) * German School, 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, 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 (PS-12) * Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda (PS-8) * Washington Waldorf School, 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, 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 Kindergar ...
, 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 (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 Origi ...
, 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, 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, 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 Associati ...
(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, Montgomer ...
( Catholic Schools) 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) ; High schools (9–12) : Archbishop Carroll High School :
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 boar ...
: Georgetown Visitation Preparatory 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 ...
) :
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 1 ...
: 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, Gaithersburg : Brookewood School, Kensington ; 1-12 schools :
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school, founded in 1923, in the Network of Sacred Heart schools for girls. The school offers grades 1-12 and a co-educational early childhood program. History ...
, Bethesda ; 3-12 schools * The Heights School, Potomac ; 6-12 schools : Connelly School of the Holy Child ; High schools : Academy of the Holy Cross : Bishop McNamara High School :
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 :
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, ...
: Our Lady of Good Counsel High School :
St. Vincent Pallotti High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School, usually called Pallotti, is a private Catholic school in eastern Laurel, Maryland. It was founded by the Pallottines in 1921 and is within the Archdiocese of Washington. Pallotti is a co-ed school serving young ...
; 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) (PreK-8) * Saint Jerome Academy ( Hyattsville) (PreK-8) * Saint John the Evangelist School ( Clinton) (PreK-8) * Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School (
Beltsville Beltsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The community was named for Truman Belt, a local landowner. The 2020 census counted 20,133 residents. Beltsville includes the unincorporated ...
) (PreK-8) * Saint Mary of the Assumption School (near Upper Marlboro) (PreK-8) * Saint Mary of the Mills School ( Laurel) * Saint Mary School (
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) (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 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 ...
: Bishop Ireton High School : John Paul the Great Catholic High School : Oakcrest School : Paul VI Catholic High School


See also

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District of Columbia Public Schools The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the local public school system for the District of Columbia, in the United States. It is distinct from the District of Columbia Public Charter Schools (DCPCS), which governs public charter ...


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Parochial Parochial is an adjective which may refer to: * Parishes, in religion ** Parish churches, also called parochial churches * Parochial schools, primary or secondary schools affiliated to a religious organisation * Parochialism Parochialism is the ...
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