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The Loomis Chaffee School
This profile of The Loomis Chaffee School includes admissions data and other information about the school. The Loomis Chaffee School was founded in 1914.

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Annunciation School, Northwest
"Annunciation School, celebrating cultural diversity, provides an atmosphere that fosters spiritual development and strong academic achievement for students in Grades K-8."

Assumption Catholic School, SE
Part of the Center City Consortium of Catholic schools.

Our Lady of Victory School, Northwest
"Our Lady of Victory School is located in Northwest Washington, DC near the Maryland state line. This Catholic school educates children from nursery and kindergarten to 8th grade."

Archbishop Carroll High School, Northeast
"Where students learn to integrate faith and life." 8-12. Coed. Day.

Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School
"Beauvoir is located on Mt. St. Alban. Our neighbor is the Washington National Cathedral. Beauvoir is an elementary school. Our school starts with pre-kindergarten and ends at 3rd grade."

Blessed Sacrament School, Northwest
"Blessed Sacrament is a parish, neighborhood school dedicated to excellence within an atmosphere of Christian love and concern. "

Capitol Hill Day School, Washington
"Founded in 1969, Capitol Hill Day School is an independent, nondenominational school serving approximately 225 students in prekindergarten through eighth grade."

Deutsche Schule, Washington
"Seit Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts wurden in verschiedenen Ländern, vornehmlich in Südamerika und im südlichen Afrika, auf Initiative von dort lebenden Deutschen, Schulen gegründet, die den Kindern deutscher Auswanderer eine Schulbildung bieten sollten, innerhalb derer die Vermittlung der deutschen Sprache und Kultur eine entscheidende Rolle spielt."

Edmund Burke School, Northwest
"Established in 1968, the school serves 275 students of diverse academic and cultural backgrounds under the guidance of a faculty of 35 full-time and 10 part-time teachers." 6-12. Coed. Day.

The Field School, Northwest
"The Field School is a coeducational middle and high school located in the heart of Washington, DC's embassy area at Dupont Circle."

Georgetown Day School, Georgetown
In 1945 Georgetown Day School was an integrated school in a segregated city. Fast forward to 2004 and it is no surprise to find that GDS was awarded the designation as a Leading Edge School for Equity and Justice by the National Association of Independent Schools. Put another way, diversity is huge at GDS.

Gonzaga College High School, Northwest
"The oldest educational institution in the old Federal City of Washington." 9-12. Coed. Day.

Holy Redeemer Catholic School, Northwest
"Holy Redeemer School is coeducational and is dedicated to the development of the spiritual, moral, intellectual, and physical capabilities of it's students."

Holy Trinity School, Georgetown
"Holy Trinity accepts children of all races, cultures, nationalities, and religions. We offer a program for three-year olds (Nursery) and we continue though grade 8; although we are not strictly a neighborhood school, our students live in various neighborhoods in Washington, DC or in nearby Virginia or Maryland."

The Lab School of Washington
"Internationally recognized for its innovative programs for children and adults with learning disabilities."

The Lowell School, Northwest
"Integral to 'The Lowell Way' is our demonstrated interest in and support of a strong parent/school alliance.

Maret School, Northwest
"Maret is the only independent, coeducational day school in Washington with students in grades K-12 all on a single campus."

Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Northeast
"The Model Secondary School for the Deaf provides a comprehensive day and residential four-year high school program for students from various states and United States territories."

National Cathedral School, Northwest
National Cathedral School is one of three schools housed on the grounds or close of the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul, commonly known as Washington National Cathedral. NCS is a girls' day school which offers 4th grade through 12th grade.

National Presbyterian School, Northwest
"Limiting enrollment to 250 boys and girls in Nursery through Grade VI, a commitment to academic excellence forms the basis for the School's educational philosophy."

Parkmont School, Northwest
"Parkmont is an independent school in Washington, D.C. for kids looking for an alternative education--one that is more hands-on, individualistic and dynamic than more traditional schools." 6-12. Coed. Day.

Saint Alban's, the National Cathedral School for Boys, Northwest
"A setting in upper northwest Washington, D.C.; with a storied history; with superb students, faculty, staff, and facilities; with an attractive small dormitory; with a sister school on the Close, National Cathedral School for Girls; and with highly supportive parents, alumni, and friends."

Saint Ann's Academy, Northwest
"At St. Ann's Academy, academic excellence is emphasized and nurtured throughout the Grades."

Saint Anselm's Abbey School, Washington
"St. Anselm's Abbey School, located in Washington, D.C., is a private Catholic school for young men in grades 6 through 12."

Saint Benedict the Moor Catholic School, Northeast
"Saint Benedict the Moor Catholic Church is an African-American parish founded in 1946 by the Josephites religious order and located in the Northeast section of Washington, DC, at the edge of RFK Stadium."

Saint John's College High School, DC
"Catholic coeducational college preparatory school located in Washington, DC near Chevy Chase."

Saint Peter's Interparish School, Washington
"St. Peter's Interparish School is a coeducational elementary school (grades Pre-K through 8th) with a total enrollment of approximately 250 students."

Saint Patrick's Episcopal School, NW
"St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School educates children in Nursery through Grade 8. The active, growing, changing individuals within this diverse learning community - students, teachers, parents - recognize the infinite value of every participant as a child of God."

School for Friends, Washington
"School for Friends is a preschool offering full day and half day educational programs for two through four-year-olds, five days a week."

Sheridan School, Northwest
"Sheridan believes in developing the whole child. To do this, we have embraced the Responsive Classroom model. One of the main tenets of this model is that for children to feel safe, children must feel seen."

Sidwell Friends School, Northwest
Sidwell Friends has two campuses: the lower school in Bethesda on the former campus of The Longfellow School for Boys and the middle and upper school on a fifteen acre campus in northwest Washington. Sidwell prides itself on its leadership in environmental issues. The school community is diverse with 39% of the students and 22% of faculty being of color.

Trinity School at Meadow View, Falls Church
An independent, private, coeducational school in Falls Church, Virginia. Challenging curriculum, college preparatory, performance-based arts. Grades 7 through 12.

Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda
"Within an educational institution that supports the principles of the Episcopal Church while maintaining independent academic integrity, we propose to offer the best education possible -- predicated on the tenets of traditional theory but continually modified in the light of recent research -- to a heterogeneous student body." N-8. Day. Coed.

Washington International School, Northwest
"Washington International School, founded in 1966, is a selective, independent co-educational, non-sectarian day school."