Affordable private school in NW DC?

[Anonymous]

Are there any good affordable private schools in and around NW DC for my child who will be ready for Kindergarten in a year? Affordable in my case is about $20-25K, which is what I pay for my child's preschool.

[Anonymous]

Usually Montessori schools are less expensive. Aidan is $28K, which I know is slightly above your budget, but is significantly less than the vast majority of other NW DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Maybe some of the Catholic schools.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

Grace, but it’s in MD.

[Anonymous]

The schools that end earlier are usually a bit less expensive since they don’t need to inflate the elementary school tuition to subsidize a high school (high schools are more expensive to operate than lower schools). Consider Concord Hill, Primary day, some of the k-8’’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any good affordable private schools in and around NW DC for my child who will be ready for Kindergarten in a year? Affordable in my case is about $20-25K, which is what I pay for my child's preschool.

I would advise you to use your very good NW public elementary (assuming you are in boundary for one of them) and save your money for a good private (which are not as cheap as 20-25K) down the road. There are some Catholic schools and a micro school under 25K but that is about it.

[Anonymous]

Agree, even the k-8s are getting to be over-the-top expensive.

[Anonymous]

Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

that’s Baltimore for you. How can you compare to nw dc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

that’s Baltimore for you. How can you compare to nw dc?

I wasn’t comparing the quality of schools, just commenting on the price difference. Clearly, NW DC is far superior to us lowlifes in Anne Arundel in every possible way. Thank you for setting me straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

that’s Baltimore for you. How can you compare to nw dc?

Baltimore is not in Anne Arundel county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

It's Catholic #1. #2, it's Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

that’s Baltimore for you. How can you compare to nw dc?

Baltimore is not in Anne Arundel county.

No but that is the city where most Anne Arundel county people commute to. The price difference is astounding in real estate too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Holy crap - we live in Anne Arundel and sent all our kids to a great Catholic K-8. Tuition for 2017-18 was $7800. For high schools, we pay around $16K for great schools. I can’t get over the price differences!

that’s Baltimore for you. How can you compare to nw dc?

PP has a point. We live in Alexandria and the Catholic diocesan elementary and high schools have similar prices to what the Anne Arundel poster quoted.