What DC area privates have the lowest tuition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maret is by no means cheap, but among the non-Catholic private schools its tuition is notably lower than many (based on tuition amounts contained on their and other schools' websites). Yes, differences of a few $1000s per kid per year is a drop in the bucket for some families, but not all, and it certain adds up, especially if a family has multiple kids in private school. E.g, a full tuition family with a child in lower school and a child in middle school will pay @$14,500 more per year in tuition at Sidwell than at Maret.

Maret:
Lower (K-4): $33,660
Middle (5-8): $36,500
Upper (9-12): $38,740

Sidwell:
Lower/Middle/Upper: $42,372

St. Albans:
Grades 4-12: $45,752

GDS:
Grades Pk/K: $35,946
Grades 1-5: $38,423
Grades 6-8: $40,074
Grades 9-11: $41,416
Grade 12: $41,651

Field:
Grades 6-12: $45,942

Potomac:
Grades K-3: $35,450
Grades 4-6: $38,100
Grades 7-8: $40,600
Grades 9-12: $41,100

Thanks for playing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parochial schools, by far.

While this may be true broadly speaking, it looks like Catholic schools are really the low-cost parochial schools (and, next to public, the lowest cost school category). For example, I'd think most would consider St. Albans and Sidwell to be parochial schools. According to its website, Sidwell is "a Quaker day school" and they give admission preference to students who are "members of the Religious Society of Friends." St. Albans is "an Episcopal school with a pastoral commitment to all" and the website describes how boys attend the campus's chapel "to worship, pray, and learn." Yes, both admit kids of all faiths (or none) but they also both have a clearly identified religious affiliation.

Um no, only total idiots who are completely clueless and private schools would call STA or Sidwell a "parochial school." When people say Parochial school they mean Catholic elementary/grade school affiliated with and dependent on a parish.

Either way they are religious schools. Just because some say they welcome all, several I looked at clearly were not welcoming.

Parochial doesn't mean religious. There are independent schools that are religious, but not parochial. It means financially supported by a specific parish, meaning some of the cost of running the school comes from tuition paid by students, but a significant part of the cost is covered by parishioners, whether or not they send children to the school, which is how they can keep tuition lower.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Generally Montessori and Catholic parochial schools are cheaper. There are some exceptions, like Barnesville, but that’s way far for someone in DC.

Both Montessori and Catholic schools typically have some very large class sizes.

It depends. Our Catholic K-8 caps the classes at 25. It's not 10 but it's also not enormous.

Larger (20-25) classes are part of the way Montessori classrooms are organized. It works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Generally Montessori and Catholic parochial schools are cheaper. There are some exceptions, like Barnesville, but that’s way far for someone in DC.

Both Montessori and Catholic schools typically have some very large class sizes.

It depends. Our Catholic K-8 caps the classes at 25. It's not 10 but it's also not enormous.

Larger (20-25) classes are part of the way Montessori classrooms are organized. It works.

25 kids in a class is pretty much the same average class size as most public schools. You’re just paying for the privilege of being around people of the same faith.

[Anonymous]

Bumping this post for high school options

[Anonymous]

While not useful for OP, we chose Lycee Rochambeau over WIS for this reason years ago. Tuition next year ranges from 19-25k vice 40k at WIS.

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which, not what

and I bet they all offer tuition discounts for correct grammar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.blythtempleton.org/tuition-and-fees#full-time

About $15,000.


"Rather than putting tuition toward building and maintaining expensive facilities and grounds, we use the city as our campus, focusing our budget on hiring the best full-time and part-time teachers."

Love it.

[Anonymous]

I would suggest looking at more than just tuition costs. There are additional costs that vary by school, such as field trips, books, class trips, etc.

At Lowell, tuition is all-inclusive. That means students regardless of socioeconomic status can participate in their 7th grade civil rights trip to alabama, or the 8th grade trip to Costa Rica. I didn’t realize that the trips—and commitment to inclusion—were part of the tuition, and I very much appreciate it.

Pre-Primary School, All Day $30,515
Primary School, K $36,515
Primary School, 1-3 $37,710
Primary School, 4-5 $38,430
Middle School, 6-8 $40,320

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While not useful for OP, we chose Lycee Rochambeau over WIS for this reason years ago. Tuition next year ranges from 19-25k vice 40k at WIS.

Same here; we also liked the vibe at Rochambeau more after touring both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parochial schools, by far.

While this may be true broadly speaking, it looks like Catholic schools are really the low-cost parochial schools (and, next to public, the lowest cost school category). For example, I'd think most would consider St. Albans and Sidwell to be parochial schools. According to its website, Sidwell is "a Quaker day school" and they give admission preference to students who are "members of the Religious Society of Friends." St. Albans is "an Episcopal school with a pastoral commitment to all" and the website describes how boys attend the campus's chapel "to worship, pray, and learn." Yes, both admit kids of all faiths (or none) but they also both have a clearly identified religious affiliation.

Someone doesn't know the definition of parochial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maret is by no means cheap, but among the non-Catholic private schools its tuition is notably lower than many (based on tuition amounts contained on their and other schools' websites). Yes, differences of a few $1000s per kid per year is a drop in the bucket for some families, but not all, and it certain adds up, especially if a family has multiple kids in private school. E.g, a full tuition family with a child in lower school and a child in middle school will pay @$14,500 more per year in tuition at Sidwell than at Maret.

Maret:
Lower (K-4): $33,660
Middle (5-8): $36,500
Upper (9-12): $38,740

Sidwell:
Lower/Middle/Upper: $42,372

St. Albans:
Grades 4-12: $45,752

GDS:
Grades Pk/K: $35,946
Grades 1-5: $38,423
Grades 6-8: $40,074
Grades 9-11: $41,416
Grade 12: $41,651

Field:
Grades 6-12: $45,942

Potomac:
Grades K-3: $35,450
Grades 4-6: $38,100
Grades 7-8: $40,600
Grades 9-12: $41,100

Good God. This makes Gonzaga look like an absolute steal at <$25k.

And St. John's is still 19K.

And St. Anselm's is ~29K for high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While not useful for OP, we chose Lycee Rochambeau over WIS for this reason years ago. Tuition next year ranges from 19-25k vice 40k at WIS.

Same here; we also liked the vibe at Rochambeau more after touring both.

Pity they don't offer Spanish!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't consider most parochial - private schools. They have large classes and don't have the best matriculations outside of non-catholic colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga

But you get what you pay for... I'm Catholic and oof...