Anonymous wrote: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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Anonymous wrote:Parochial schools, by far.