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There are over one hundred parochial and private schools in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

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)
• Calvary Christian Academy (PS-8)
• Capitol Hill Day School (PS-8)
• Dupont Park Adventist School (PS-3)
• Edmund Burke School (6–12)
• Emerson Preparatory School (9–12)
• The Field School (6–12)
• Georgetown Day School (PS-12)
• Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (9–12)
• Gonzaga College High School (9–12)
• Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
• Kirov Academy of Ballet (7–12)
• Lab School of Washington (1–12)
• Lowell School (PS-8)
• Maret School (K–12)
• Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School (Prek-8)
• Model Secondary School for the Deaf (9–12)
• Nannie Helen Burroughs School (K–6)
• National Cathedral School (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 (PS-8)
• Sheridan School (K–8)
• Sidwell Friends School (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, 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, Hyattsville (9–12)
• Elizabeth Seton High School, Hyattsville (9-12)
• Feynman School, Potomac (K–12)
• Friends Community School, College Park (K–8)
• Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda (9–12)
• German School, Potomac (PS-12)
• Good Counsel High School, Olney (9-12)
• Grace Episcopal Day School, Kensington (PS-8)
• Green Acres School, Rockville (PS-8)
• Holton-Arms School, Bethesda (3–12)
• Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, Bowie (PK-8)
• Landon School, Bethesda (3–12)
• Maryland International Day School, Ft. Washington (PK-8)
• McLean School, Potomac (K–12)
• Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville (PK-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)
• Saint Jerome Academy (Hyattsville) (PreK-8)
• 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 1-12, 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, Arlington (9–12)
• Browne Academy, Alexandria (PS-8)
• Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria (PS-8)
• Commonwealth Academy, Alexandria (6–12)
• Congressional School, Falls Church (PS-8)
• Episcopal High School, Alexandria (9–12)
• Flint Hill School, Oakton (PS-12)
• Grace Episcopal School, Alexandria (PS-5)
• Green Hedges School, Vienna (PS-8)
• GW Community School (9-12)
• Immanuel Christian School, Springfield (K-12)
• King Abdullah Academy (K-12)
• The Langley School, McLean (PS-8)
• Loudoun Country Day School, Leesburg (PS-8)
• Madeira School, 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, Front Royal (6-12)
• The River Farm Cooperative, Alexandria (K–5)
• St. Stephens & St. Agnes School, Alexandria (PS-12)
• Trinity Christian School, Fairfax (K-12)
• Trinity School at Meadow View, Falls Church (6-12)
• Westminster School, Annandale (PK-8)

Former

• Islamic Saudi Academy (K-12)

Catholic schools

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (Catholic Schools) operates Catholic schools in DC and in Maryland suburbs. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington 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 Visitation Preparatory School (Georgetown Visitation Monastery)
• Gonzaga College High School
• 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)
• Sacred Heart School
• St. Anthony's School
• St. Augustine Catholic School (PK-8)
• St. Francis Xavier Academy (PreK-8)
• St. Peter School (PK-8)
• St. Thomas More Catholic Academy (PK-8)

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, Wheaton
• Brookewood School, Kensington

1-12 schools

• Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, 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
• Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
• Elizabeth Seton High School
• 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) (PreK-8)
• Saint Jerome Academy (Hyattsville) (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 (Laurel)
• Saint Mary School (Landover Hills) (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 Ireton High School
• John Paul the Great Catholic High School
• Oakcrest School
• Paul VI Catholic High School

See also

• District of Columbia Public Schools

v t e District of Columbia high schools and notable schools
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Washington International School Closed Emerson Preparatory School Religious Archbishop Carroll High School Beauvoir School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Gonzaga College High School Holy Trinity School National Cathedral School Sidwell Friends School St. Albans School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. John's College High School v t e Washington metropolitan area Catholic high schools Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools Academy of the Holy Cross Archbishop Carroll High School The Avalon School Bishop McNamara High School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child DeMatha Catholic High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Elizabeth Seton High School Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (Georgetown Visitation Monastery) Gonzaga College High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Anselm's Abbey School (Saint Anselm's Abbey) St. John's College High School St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Diocese of Arlington Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School Bishop Ireton High School John Paul the Great Catholic High School Oakcrest School Paul VI Catholic High School National Catholic Educational Association + Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Athletic conferences, associations, & leagues v t e Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Archbishop Carroll Bishop Ireton Bishop O'Connell Bishop McNamara DeMatha Elizabeth Seton Gonzaga Good Counsel Holy Cross Paul VI St. John's St. Mary's Ryken Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Interstate Athletic Conference Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Potomac Valley Athletic Conference Independent School League List of parochial and private schools in the Washington metropolitan area v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington Ordinaries Archbishops Michael Joseph Curley Patrick O'Boyle William Wakefield Baum James Aloysius Hickey Theodore McCarrick Donald Wuerl Wilton Daniel Gregory Auxiliaries John Michael McNamara Patrick Joseph McCormick Philip Hannan William Joseph McDonald John Selby Spence Edward John Herrmann Thomas William Lyons Eugene Antonio Marino Thomas C. Kelly Álvaro Corrada del Río William G. Curlin Leonard Olivier William E. Lori Kevin Farrell Francisco González Valer, SF Martin Holley Barry C. Knestout Mario E. Dorsonville Roy Edward Campbell Michael William Fisher Juan Esposito-Garcia Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Churches and parishes Cathedral Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish churches Sacred Heart Church, Bowie St. Ambrose Church, Cheverly St. Francis Xavier Church, Compton St. Mary Church, Newport St. Ignatius Church, Oxon Hill St. Ignatius Church, Port Tobacco St. Mary Church, Rockville St. Ignatius Church, St. Inigoes Holy Trinity Church, Washington Immaculate Conception Church, Washington St. Aloysius Church, Washington St. Anthony of Padua Church, Washington St. Augustine Church, Washington St. Patrick's Church, Washington St. Peter's Church, Washington St. Stephen Martyr Church, Washington Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Solomons St. John the Baptist, Silver Spring St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring Our Lady, Queen of Poland and St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Chapels and shrines Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Pope John Paul II Shrine Shrine of the Sacred Heart Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart Catholic education Higher education Catholic University of America Dominican House of Studies Georgetown University John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Trinity Washington University Washington Theological Union High schools Template:Washington Metro Area Catholic High Schools Academy of the Holy Cross Archbishop Carroll High School The Avalon School Bishop McNamara High School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child DeMatha Catholic High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Elizabeth Seton High School Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Gonzaga College High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. John's College High School St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Priests Lorenzo Albacete Anthony Caffry William Matthews Miscellany Catholic Standard (newspaper) El Pregonero (newspaper) Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Mount Olivet Cemetery Holy Rood Cemetery Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue Saint Anselm's Abbey St. Clement's Island State Park Catholicism portal United States portal v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Churches and parishes List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Thomas More Parishes Basilica of St. Mary, Alexandria St. Mary's Church, Fairfax Station St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Fredericksburg Abbey Holy Cross Abbey Catholic education Higher education Christendom College Divine Mercy University Institute for the Psychological Sciences Marymount University High schools Template:Washington Metro Area Catholic High Schools Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School Bishop Ireton High School John Paul the Great Catholic High School Oakcrest School Paul VI Catholic High School Ordinaries Past Thomas Jerome Welsh John Richard Keating Paul Loverde Present Michael Francis Burbidge Catholicism portal v t e Washington metropolitan area Principal cities (and city-like entities) Maryland Silver Spring Frederick Rockville Bethesda Gaithersburg Germantown Bowie Virginia Arlington Alexandria Reston District of Columbia Washington Counties (and county equivalents) Maryland Calvert Charles Frederick Montgomery Prince George's Virginia Arlington Alexandria, City of Clarke Culpeper Fairfax Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Fauquier Loudoun Prince William Manassas, City of Manassas Park, City of Rappahannock Spotsylvania Fredericksburg, City of Stafford Warren District of Columbia Washington, D.C. itself Other outlying areas Jefferson County, West Virginia See also Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (CSA) Northeast megalopolis The District of Columbia itself, and Virginia's incorporated cities, are county equivalents. Virginia's incorporated cities are listed under their surrounding county. The incorporated cities bordering more than one county (Alexandria, Falls Church and Fredericksburg) are listed under the county they were part of before incorporation as a city. Some unincorporated areas and census-designated places like Silver Spring and Bethesda in Maryland, Reston in Virginia, as well as the County of Arlington in Virginia are also treated as city-like entities (or principal cities) even though they have not been legally incorporated as such. Maryland portal (Maryland) Virginia portal (Virginia)
This list is incomplete.

v t e Washington metropolitan area Catholic high schools
Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools Academy of the Holy Cross Archbishop Carroll High School The Avalon School Bishop McNamara High School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child DeMatha Catholic High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Elizabeth Seton High School Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School (Georgetown Visitation Monastery) Gonzaga College High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Anselm's Abbey School (Saint Anselm's Abbey) St. John's College High School St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Diocese of Arlington Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School Bishop Ireton High School John Paul the Great Catholic High School Oakcrest School Paul VI Catholic High School
National Catholic Educational Association + Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Athletic conferences, associations, & leagues v t e Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Archbishop Carroll Bishop Ireton Bishop O'Connell Bishop McNamara DeMatha Elizabeth Seton Gonzaga Good Counsel Holy Cross Paul VI St. John's St. Mary's Ryken Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Interstate Athletic Conference Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Potomac Valley Athletic Conference Independent School League
List of parochial and private schools in the Washington metropolitan area v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington Ordinaries Archbishops Michael Joseph Curley Patrick O'Boyle William Wakefield Baum James Aloysius Hickey Theodore McCarrick Donald Wuerl Wilton Daniel Gregory Auxiliaries John Michael McNamara Patrick Joseph McCormick Philip Hannan William Joseph McDonald John Selby Spence Edward John Herrmann Thomas William Lyons Eugene Antonio Marino Thomas C. Kelly Álvaro Corrada del Río William G. Curlin Leonard Olivier William E. Lori Kevin Farrell Francisco González Valer, SF Martin Holley Barry C. Knestout Mario E. Dorsonville Roy Edward Campbell Michael William Fisher Juan Esposito-Garcia Evelio Menjivar-Ayala Churches and parishes Cathedral Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish churches Sacred Heart Church, Bowie St. Ambrose Church, Cheverly St. Francis Xavier Church, Compton St. Mary Church, Newport St. Ignatius Church, Oxon Hill St. Ignatius Church, Port Tobacco St. Mary Church, Rockville St. Ignatius Church, St. Inigoes Holy Trinity Church, Washington Immaculate Conception Church, Washington St. Aloysius Church, Washington St. Anthony of Padua Church, Washington St. Augustine Church, Washington St. Patrick's Church, Washington St. Peter's Church, Washington St. Stephen Martyr Church, Washington Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Solomons St. John the Baptist, Silver Spring St. John the Evangelist, Silver Spring Our Lady, Queen of Poland and St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Chapels and shrines Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Pope John Paul II Shrine Shrine of the Sacred Heart Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart Catholic education Higher education Catholic University of America Dominican House of Studies Georgetown University John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Trinity Washington University Washington Theological Union High schools Template:Washington Metro Area Catholic High Schools Academy of the Holy Cross Archbishop Carroll High School The Avalon School Bishop McNamara High School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child DeMatha Catholic High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Elizabeth Seton High School Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Gonzaga College High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. John's College High School St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Priests Lorenzo Albacete Anthony Caffry William Matthews Miscellany Catholic Standard (newspaper) El Pregonero (newspaper) Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Mount Olivet Cemetery Holy Rood Cemetery Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue Saint Anselm's Abbey St. Clement's Island State Park Catholicism portal United States portal v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Churches and parishes List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Thomas More Parishes Basilica of St. Mary, Alexandria St. Mary's Church, Fairfax Station St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church, Fredericksburg Abbey Holy Cross Abbey Catholic education Higher education Christendom College Divine Mercy University Institute for the Psychological Sciences Marymount University High schools Template:Washington Metro Area Catholic High Schools Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School Bishop Ireton High School John Paul the Great Catholic High School Oakcrest School Paul VI Catholic High School Ordinaries Past Thomas Jerome Welsh John Richard Keating Paul Loverde Present Michael Francis Burbidge Catholicism portal v t e Washington metropolitan area Principal cities (and city-like entities) Maryland Silver Spring Frederick Rockville Bethesda Gaithersburg Germantown Bowie Virginia Arlington Alexandria Reston District of Columbia Washington Counties (and county equivalents) Maryland Calvert Charles Frederick Montgomery Prince George's Virginia Arlington Alexandria, City of Clarke Culpeper Fairfax Fairfax, City of Falls Church, City of Fauquier Loudoun Prince William Manassas, City of Manassas Park, City of Rappahannock Spotsylvania Fredericksburg, City of Stafford Warren District of Columbia Washington, D.C. itself Other outlying areas Jefferson County, West Virginia See also Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (CSA) Northeast megalopolis The District of Columbia itself, and Virginia's incorporated cities, are county equivalents. Virginia's incorporated cities are listed under their surrounding county. The incorporated cities bordering more than one county (Alexandria, Falls Church and Fredericksburg) are listed under the county they were part of before incorporation as a city. Some unincorporated areas and census-designated places like Silver Spring and Bethesda in Maryland, Reston in Virginia, as well as the County of Arlington in Virginia are also treated as city-like entities (or principal cities) even though they have not been legally incorporated as such.
Maryland portal (Maryland) Virginia portal (Virginia)

References

External links

• Rankings of the best high schools in the DC metro area

• Private schools in Washington, D.C.
• Washington, D.C., education-related lists
• Lists of schools in the United States