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.

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

Bishop John T. Walker, Washington Jesuit Academy, Washington School for Girls, San Miguel School, Don Bosco Christo Rey School are all free (plus Gallaudet's schools but I assume your kid's not deaf) so that is the absolute lowest. The following are under 10K:

St. Francis Xavier Academy
Lanham Christian School
Silver Oaks Cooperative School
Calvary Christian Academy
National Christian Academy
Dupont Park Adventist School
St. Augustine Catholic School
St. Anthony Catholic School
Christian Family Montessori School
Capitol Hill Learning Group
DC Village
Calvary Christian Academy
St. John the Evangelist
Sacred Heart School
Grace Brethren Christian School
Our Lady of Mercy School
The River Farm Cooperative
Temple Baptist School
Holy Redeemer School
St. Bernadette School
St. Francis International School
Rock Creek Christian Academy
St. Thomas More Catholic Academy
St. Bartholomew Catholic School
Rivendell School

Not an exhaustive list - other smaller, church-based schools are on the less expensive side, especially Catholic parochial schools. Anyone who answers "Maret" when asked for the least expensive school in the area is hilariously living in a bubble.

Friends Community School, K-8, around $19K/year. A bargain and an all-round great school!

Parochial schools, by far.

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

Anonymous wrote:Brookewood and Avalon

They aren't that low. Most of the k-8 Catholics are around or under $8-10.

OP here, looking for 5th grade

The Catholic schools are fairly cheap. Blessed Sacrament is 10.5K.

Our Lady of Lourdes at 9K for K-8 for Catholic students with discounts for additional siblings etc. But their classes are bigger than public school classes.

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."

Why do we refer to schools as ‘privates’? Makes me think of ‘parts’.

Brookewood and Avalon

Anonymous wrote:What DC area private schools have the lowest tuition?

What grade level and are you including religious/parish schools in this pool?

What DC area private schools have the lowest tuition?