What DC area privates have the lowest tuition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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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!

PP here. I should clarify that I know other families that prefer WIS. I also know families who’ve had kids at both. Really depends on the individual kid.

[Anonymous]

Barnesville's tuition rates are lower than most.

[Anonymous]

I looked up my parochial K-8 school in Southern California, near Orange County. I attended it all 9 years, as did my siblings. It's a very middle-class school with a strong focus on academics. They have full science and computer labs, plus plenty of outdoor play space and full gymnasium, music classes, and art classes. You do more specialized instruction after school. Classes are 25-28 kids, with two full classes for each grade level.

The majority of my peers went on to earn 4 year degrees from UC school system. I think we all did pretty solidly and based on social media most folks are leading solidly productive lives as upper middle class professionals.

Monthly tuition for 2018-2019:
One child: $720
Two children: $1250
Three children: $1625

It blows my mind how much more expensive East Coast private schools are. WHERE IS $40K PER YEAR GOING? WHY THE HELL DOES IT COST SO MUCH?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sandy Spring Friends tops out at 33k, so cheaper than most non-catholic privates

I looks like SSFS tops off a little higher based on their website:

Grades 1-5 $30,950
Grades 6-8. $34,575
Grades 9-12 (Day) $38,300
BOARDING 5-Day (Grades 9-12) $55,950
BOARDING 7-Day (Grades 9-12) $66,970

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sandy Spring Friends tops out at 33k, so cheaper than most non-catholic privates

I looks like SSFS tops off a little higher based on their website:

Grades 1-5 $30,950
Grades 6-8. $34,575
Grades 9-12 (Day) $38,300
BOARDING 5-Day (Grades 9-12) $55,950
BOARDING 7-Day (Grades 9-12) $66,970

That post was made in 2018

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sandy Spring Friends tops out at 33k, so cheaper than most non-catholic privates

I looks like SSFS tops off a little higher based on their website:

Grades 1-5 $30,950
Grades 6-8. $34,575
Grades 9-12 (Day) $38,300
BOARDING 5-Day (Grades 9-12) $55,950
BOARDING 7-Day (Grades 9-12) $66,970

That post was made in 2018

Oops! Didn’t notice that. I’ve been caught missing the details.

[Anonymous]

Although religiously affiliated, these schools are not considered parochial. They are independent schools because they are independently financed, rather than church supported.

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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.

[Anonymous]

Non-catholic "cheap" schools in the area, for limited values of cheap.

Dominion Christian ~$16,000 lower, $19,000 upper school
Oak Hill Christian ~$15,000, sibling discount
Trinity Christian ~$16,000 lower, $20,000 upper school
Lorien Wood ~$12,000 with parental service, $14,000 - $15,000 lower/upper without.
Vienna Adventist ~$5000 SDA, $10,000 non-SDA. Sibling discounts.
Academy for Christian Education - $21,000 (K-2), $16,000 ( 3- 8), $24000 (9-12), sibling discount.
Way of Faith Christian - $8000 (K-3, I think?) didn't find tuition on website, but that's what an aggregator said.
Immanuel Christian - ~$14,000. sibling discount.

[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.

Is St. John’s Catholic? Or Episcopal?

[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

I think you might have some old data. Potomac's tuition this year is as follows"

Kindergarten–Grade 3: $40,400
Grades 4–6: $43,425
Grades 7–8: $46,300
Grades 9–12: $47,150

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Is St. John’s Catholic? Or Episcopal?

St John’s is very very Catholic. And huge.

[Anonymous]

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

I think you might have some old data. Potomac's tuition this year is as follows"

Kindergarten–Grade 3: $40,400
Grades 4–6: $43,425
Grades 7–8: $46,300
Grades 9–12: $47,150

Post was made in 2018

[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

I think you might have some old data. Potomac's tuition this year is as follows"

Kindergarten–Grade 3: $40,400
Grades 4–6: $43,425
Grades 7–8: $46,300
Grades 9–12: $47,150

Post was made in 2018

Thank you - I missed that!

[Anonymous]

Woods Academy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga

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

What do you mean?