2025 rankings of best private schools in the DMV

[Anonymous]

STA had fantastic outplacement last year. Roughly 50% to top 25 schools plus another 10 to top10 liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

This is laughable. STA, NCS, GDS all had better college placements last year overall than the top 3 on this list. GDS had 6 alone go to Harvard. STA has many at Ivies and top 20 universities and NCS has about 2/3 of class of 2024 at top 25 Universities and/or liberal arts schools. Many at top liberal arts top 15.

I don’t believe that STA’s placement is that great. The only public matriculation data STA releases is an aggregate 3-4 year list (I see MoCo on that list, btw). STA students don’t operate a public IG account where students can post their college destinations (like every other top (and even lower and mid-tier) area private schools). People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.

Btw, it’s a flat out lie that NCS had better 2024 college placements than all the other top ranked high schools. GDS did well in 2024, but its 2023 college placements were an absolute bust!

The school's don't run the IG accounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard Episcopal High School ever mentioned on this board, I actually had to look it up. Same thing with some of these tiny schools in Virginia - Veritas, Pinnacle Academy, Ideaventions???

Episcopal was founded in 1839 and one of the "select sixteen" boarding schools, and you are comparing it to random schools in Virginia? Tell me you don't know...
Lawrenceville (1883); Groton (1884); Woodbury Forest (1889); Taft (1890); Hotchkiss (1892); Choate (1896); St. George's (1896); Middlesex (1901); Deerfield (1903); Kent (1906); Phillips Andover (1778); Phillips Exeter (1783); Episcopal (1839); Hill (1851); St. Paul's (1856); and St. Mark's (1865).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:STA had fantastic outplacement last year. Roughly 50% to top 25 schools plus another 10 to top10 liberal arts colleges.

Prove it! There’s no evidence of how STA’s c/o 2024 fared. STA hides individual year matriculation results like they hide football scandals and police investigations.

Btw, GDS, Sidwell, and maybe Holton and NCS sent more than 50% of its recent graduates to T25 universities/T10 SLACs. That’s no big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

This is laughable. STA, NCS, GDS all had better college placements last year overall than the top 3 on this list. GDS had 6 alone go to Harvard. STA has many at Ivies and top 20 universities and NCS has about 2/3 of class of 2024 at top 25 Universities and/or liberal arts schools. Many at top liberal arts top 15.

I don’t believe that STA’s placement is that great. The only public matriculation data STA releases is an aggregate 3-4 year list (I see MoCo on that list, btw). STA students don’t operate a public IG account where students can post their college destinations (like every other top (and even lower and mid-tier) area private schools). People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.

Btw, it’s a flat out lie that NCS had better 2024 college placements than all the other top ranked high schools. GDS did well in 2024, but its 2023 college placements were an absolute bust!

The school's don't run the IG accounts.

Reading is fundamental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

Madeira and Episcopal are good schools and offer a nice option for boarding schools but they are not in top 5 schools in any way and have never been. I would say most alumns would agree with that statement.

Episcopal has the nicest campus of any on the list, attracts the best teachers (due to free housing/houses) from around the country, and has 100% boarding experience using Harkness method. Why would you say not in top 5?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never heard Episcopal High School ever mentioned on this board, I actually had to look it up. Same thing with some of these tiny schools in Virginia - Veritas, Pinnacle Academy, Ideaventions???

Episcopal is legit. Lavish campus, solid academics, it’s even prestigious, has all the sports/ activities you could ask for, great location, and pretty much anything you could ask for in a school.
Not spoken of much here because most people are looking for day schools and not boarding.

It’s still weird how little it is discussed.

I bet if Exeter was located 10 miles from here it would be discussed all the time.

It is 100% boarding, so no day students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA had fantastic outplacement last year. Roughly 50% to top 25 schools plus another 10 to top10 liberal arts colleges.

Prove it! There’s no evidence of how STA’s c/o 2024 fared. STA hides individual year matriculation results like they hide football scandals and police investigations.

Btw, GDS, Sidwell, and maybe Holton and NCS sent more than 50% of its recent graduates to T25 universities/T10 SLACs. That’s no big deal.

No, NCS sent 27 girls to top 25 Universities/ top 10 liberal arts colleges (if you include West Point) last year. It was a class of 72.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STA had fantastic outplacement last year. Roughly 50% to top 25 schools plus another 10 to top10 liberal arts colleges.

Prove it! There’s no evidence of how STA’s c/o 2024 fared. STA hides individual year matriculation results like they hide football scandals and police investigations.

Btw, GDS, Sidwell, and maybe Holton and NCS sent more than 50% of its recent graduates to T25 universities/T10 SLACs. That’s no big deal.

You sound unhinged.

Sidwell, GDS, NCS don't post either. it's the students who run those Instagram sites. STA boys don't run a site and never have.

If you are so convinced there is a conspiracy theory here, take your phone, dial the STA admissions department and ask them for last years' list. It's published yearly in the school's magazine. but you won't do this because you'd rather spout off nonsense on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never heard Episcopal High School ever mentioned on this board, I actually had to look it up. Same thing with some of these tiny schools in Virginia - Veritas, Pinnacle Academy, Ideaventions???

Episcopal is legit. Lavish campus, solid academics, it’s even prestigious, has all the sports/ activities you could ask for, great location, and pretty much anything you could ask for in a school.
Not spoken of much here because most people are looking for day schools and not boarding.

It’s still weird how little it is discussed.

I bet if Exeter was located 10 miles from here it would be discussed all the time.

It is 100% boarding, so no day students.

That’s not true. Exeter and Andover both have day students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never heard Episcopal High School ever mentioned on this board, I actually had to look it up. Same thing with some of these tiny schools in Virginia - Veritas, Pinnacle Academy, Ideaventions???

Episcopal is legit. Lavish campus, solid academics, it’s even prestigious, has all the sports/ activities you could ask for, great location, and pretty much anything you could ask for in a school.
Not spoken of much here because most people are looking for day schools and not boarding.

It’s still weird how little it is discussed.

I bet if Exeter was located 10 miles from here it would be discussed all the time.

It is 100% boarding, so no day students.

That’s not true. Exeter and Andover both have day students.

Episcopal is 100% boarding. That is why not talked about same way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

Madeira and Episcopal are good schools and offer a nice option for boarding schools but they are not in top 5 schools in any way and have never been. I would say most alumns would agree with that statement.

Episcopal has the nicest campus of any on the list, attracts the best teachers (due to free housing/houses) from around the country, and has 100% boarding experience using Harkness method. Why would you say not in top 5?

Definitely in the Top 5 for insecure parents. Somewhere between SFS and GDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

Madeira and Episcopal are good schools and offer a nice option for boarding schools but they are not in top 5 schools in any way and have never been. I would say most alumns would agree with that statement.

Episcopal has the nicest campus of any on the list, attracts the best teachers (due to free housing/houses) from around the country, and has 100% boarding experience using Harkness method. Why would you say not in top 5?

Definitely in the Top 5 for insecure parents. Somewhere between SFS and GDS.

It's always so funny to me when people get on here to leave a negative comment about schools their kids don't attend and then say that the "other parents" are insecure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

This is laughable. STA, NCS, GDS all had better college placements last year overall than the top 3 on this list. GDS had 6 alone go to Harvard. STA has many at Ivies and top 20 universities and NCS has about 2/3 of class of 2024 at top 25 Universities and/or liberal arts schools. Many at top liberal arts top 15.

I don’t believe that STA’s placement is that great. The only public matriculation data STA releases is an aggregate 3-4 year list (I see MoCo on that list, btw). STA students don’t operate a public IG account where students can post their college destinations (like every other top (and even lower and mid-tier) area private schools). People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.

Btw, it’s a flat out lie that NCS had better 2024 college placements than all the other top ranked high schools. GDS did well in 2024, but its 2023 college placements were an absolute bust!

The school's don't run the IG accounts.

Correct.
It is not their thing. They post on their private instagram accounts but not publicly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rankings now out for best private schools in the DMV:

1. Sidwell
2. BIM
3. Madeira
4. GDS
5. EHS
6. Potomac
7. Holton
8. Georgetown Prep
9. NCS
10. WIS
11. Maret
12. STA

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-high-schools/m/washington-dc-metro-area/

Madeira and Episcopal are good schools and offer a nice option for boarding schools but they are not in top 5 schools in any way and have never been. I would say most alumns would agree with that statement.

Episcopal has the nicest campus of any on the list, attracts the best teachers (due to free housing/houses) from around the country, and has 100% boarding experience using Harkness method. Why would you say not in top 5?

Definitely in the Top 5 for insecure parents. Somewhere between SFS and GDS.

Well, you’re certainly ranked #1 among Haters. Listen, it’s ok that
St. Andrews is the best your child and Baron could do. Embrace your school’s mid-tier status because everyone can’t be on top.