Private School Guide 2026
Choosing the right school is about more than academics. While strong grades and classroom achievement are important, extracurricular activities can play an equally valuable role in helping students become well-rounded, confident and creative individuals. Independent schools recognize the importance of learning beyond the classroom, offering students a wide range of opportunities to explore their interests, develop new skills and become active members in their communities.
To help families explore their options, the Banner’s Private School Guide highlights independent schools in the area and the opportunities they offer both inside and outside the classroom.
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Archbishop Spalding High School
Severn
Archbishop Spalding High School is a co-educational Catholic Preparatory High School founded by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in 1963 and provides education to families in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Anne Arundel County and surrounding counties.
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Chesapeake Montessori School
Annapolis and Arnold
Chesapeake Montessori School is a co-educational school that guides children and adolescents in their development to become confident, respectful, kind, and independent individuals from ages 18 months to 8th grade.
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Indian Creek School
Crownsville
Indian Creek school is a co-educational, college preparatory independent school, located on a 114-acre campus in Crownsville. Students in Pre-K3 through grade 12 receive a vibrant educational experience.
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Naval Academy Primary and Secondary School
Annapolis
Serving Pre-K through 8th grade, the Naval Academy Primary School's mission is to promote the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development of children from the Annapolis area.
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St. Anne's School of Annapolis
Annapolis
Founded in 1960, St. Anne’s School is a community of approximately 250 students enrolled in its Program for Twos through 8th Grade. The beautiful campus is conveniently located on 10 acres on Arundel on the Bay Road.
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The Key School
Annapolis
Serving 650 students Pre-K through 12th grade, Key School is founded upon the conviction that children are innately curious about themselves and the world; they want to learn, they want to discover, and they want to create.
BALTIMORE CITY
Friends School of Baltimore
Baltimore
410-649-3200Friends School of Baltimore is an independent Quaker school founded in 1784 serving students in Pre-K through 12th grade. Friends School’s educational journey emphasizes the mastery of essential skills needed to succeed.
BALTIMORE CITY
Roland Park Country School
Baltimore
410-323-5500Roland Park Country School is an independent school for girls in grades K-12, including a coed preschool for ages 6 weeks through 5 years old, with a rich history of dedication to the intellectual and moral development of its students.
BALTIMORE CITY
Baltimore Lab School
Baltimore
Founded in 2000 and serving grades 1-12, Baltimore Lab School offers an exceptional academic experience for bright, motivated students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD with the majority of graduates accepted to college.
BALTIMORE CITY
Archbishop Curley High School
Baltimore
410-485-5000Archbishop Curley High School is an all-male Catholic Archdiocesan High School in the Franciscan Tradition. The school “at the corner of Erdman and Sinclair” has served the Baltimore metropolitan area since 1961.
BALTIMORE CITY
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Baltimore
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is an independent, Catholic high school for students of all faiths serving women and men in grades 9-12. It empowers Baltimore youth to succeed in college, career, and life with a 100% college acceptance rates for graduates.
BALTIMORE CITY
Calvert School
Baltimore
410-243-6054Calvert School is dedicated to educating boys and girls through its time-tested method of teaching and rigorous curriculum that inspires each child to lead a life of purpose by providing a strong foundation.
BALTIMORE CITY
Gilman School
Baltimore
Gilman is a pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade independent day school in Baltimore. By educating boys in mind, body, and spirit, it seeks to produce men of character and integrity who have the skills and ability to make a positive contribution.
BALTIMORE CITY
The Boys' Latin School of Maryland
Baltimore
410-377-5192The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland is an all-boys independent school serving grades K-12 with boarding available for grades 9-12. The all-boys environment and the small size create the ideal setting to learn and grow.
BALTIMORE CITY
Mercy High School
Baltimore
Founded in 1960, Mercy High School is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school that educates bright and creative girls in grades 9 through 12 and instills a commitment to excellence, hospitality, service, justice, and compassion.
BALTIMORE CITY
The Bryn Mawr School
Baltimore
410-323-8800The Bryn Mawr School is an independent pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school for girls with a coed preschool and infant care located on a beautiful 26-acre campus in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE CITY
Mother Seton Academy
Baltimore
Mother Seton Academy is a tuition-free, independent Catholic Middle School that serves over 80 boys and girls, grades 6 through 8, from underserved, low-income families of all faiths and cultures.
BALTIMORE CITY
Mount Saint Joseph High School
Baltimore
Mount Saint Joseph is a Catholic, college preparatory school for young men that strives to be a community characterized by personal relationships, an emphasis on spiritual formation, and a challenging academic program.
BALTIMORE CITY
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy
Baltimore
A tuition-free private Jesuit school transforming the lives of boys in grades 5 through 8 from underserved neighborhoods through education, St. Ignatius Loyola Academy aims to develop the intellectual, physical, and spiritual qualities of each student.
BALTIMORE CITY
The Catholic High School of Baltimore
Baltimore
The Catholic High School of Baltimore, a sponsored institution of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, is dedicated to the education of young women in an environment that fosters Christian attitudes of dignity and respect for the human person.
BALTIMORE CITY
The Community School
Baltimore
With a small enrollment, the very structure of The Community School puts the priority on each student’s comfort, education, and growth with an academic and mentoring program that helps them stabilize their lives, and advance their education.
BALTIMORE CITY
The GreenMount School
Baltimore
The GreenMount School’s mission is to provide a creative education for grades K through 8—emphasizing multicultural, cooperative, and experiential learning and supported by strong family participation.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
St. Timothy's School
Stevenson
410-486-7400Deepened by the intellectual richness and independent learning approach of the globally respected International Baccalaureate program, St. Timothy's School is a private, all-girls boarding and day school for grades 9-12.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
Baltimore
As Baltimore’s premier Jewish private school, serving preschool through 12th grade, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School is a warm, supportive, and diverse community rooted in Torah values and Jewish traditions.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Garrison Forest School
Owings Mills
410-363-1500Garrison Forest School is a private, independent girls' school with an elementary, middle and high school program, coed preschool and national and international boarding program.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Calvert Hall College High School
Baltimore
Calvert Hall College, a college preparatory school, prepares a diverse community of young men to achieve their full potential utilizing their unique talents through excellent academic and extracurricular programs led by innovative and dedicated educators.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
McDonogh School
Owings Mills
410-363-0600McDonogh is a nondenominational, coeducational, college preparatory school educating students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, challenging and preparing students for higher education.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Maryvale Preparatory School
Lutherville
410-252-3366Maryvale, a Catholic independent girls' school serving grades six through 12, provides an environment in which each student can reach her academic, spiritual, physical and civic potential.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Cambridge School
Baltimore
Cambridge School is a classical, Christ-centered (K-8) community of learners, which exists to partner with parents to educate the hearts and minds of children in both virtue and truth.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Concordia Preparatory School
Towson
Concordia Prep school is a compassionate, Christ-centered community of servant leaders. Started in 1965, Concordia Prep has a rich history of excellence in education, faith development, and community service.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Greenspring Montessori School
Lutherville
Greenspring Montessori School offers academic programs for children ages 18 months of age through 8th grade where students develop confidence and innovation, rising as responsible, compassionate, and empowered leaders, learners, and advocates.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Jemicy School
Owings Mills
Jemicy School is a college-preparatory, coed, independent school, recognized as an international leader in educating bright, talented students with dyslexia and related language-based learning differences where 95 percent of graduates attend college.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Krieger Schechter Day School
Baltimore
Krieger Schechter Day School is a coeducational, kindergarten through 8th grade, Jewish day school that provides an unparalleled Jewish and general studies education that empowers students to become confident, successful and valued members of society.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Loyola Blakefield
Towson
Loyola Blakefield is a Catholic, Jesuit, college preparatory school for boys in grades six through 12 that offers a challenging college preparatory curriculum that provides a broad range of major course offerings including honors and advanced placement courses.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Mount de Sales Academy
Catonsville
Established in 1852, Mount de Sales Academy is a private Catholic college- preparatory high school for young women in grades 9-12 that offers young women a college preparatory education that promotes flourishing of the whole person.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Towson
Notre Dame Preparatory School educates and empowers girls to become women who transform the world. As a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for grades 6 through 12, it inspires students to pursue academic excellence and spiritual growth.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Ohr Chadash Academy
Baltimore
An Orthodox Jewish Day School that believes in the inherent kedusha of all learning where each student is nurtured both as the individual he or she is and as a contributing member of the caring school environment and the greater Jewish community.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Oldfields School
Sparks Glencoe
Established in 1867, Oldfields is an independent, non-sectarian college preparatory day and boarding school for girls in grades 8-12 that seeks to embrace each girls’ authentic self, educate through collaboration and empower the individual voice.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Sisters Academy of Baltimore
Baltimore
Sisters Academy of Baltimore nurtures and empowers girls from diverse backgrounds to reach their fullest potential. The mission is to provide a quality middle school education for girls by cultivating agents of positive change.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
St. James Academy
Monkton
St. James Academy is a Christian school in the Episcopal tradition that offers comprehensive programming for the intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical development of children, preschool to 8th grade.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
St. Paul's Schools
Brooklandville
St. Paul’s Pre and Lower School, St. Paul’s School for Boys, and St. Paul's School for Girls share a 120-acre campus, an Episcopal affiliation, and a mission to develop the intellect and character of students.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
The Odyssey School
Lutherville
The Odyssey School is dedicated to providing an exceptional education to children five years through 14 who have been diagnosed with dyslexia and other language learning differences and cultivates independent and confident learners.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
The Park School of Baltimore
Baltimore
The Park School of Baltimore is a Pre-K through Grade 12 Progressive School devoted to intellectual inquiry, a collaborative spirit of learning, an appreciation for the diversity of human experience, and a respect for individual differences.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Waldorf School of Baltimore
Baltimore
A private school rooted in wonder, purpose, and connection, the Waldorf School of Baltimore educates the whole child—head, heart, and hands—through a joyful, arts-integrated curriculum from preschool through 8th grade.
HOWARD COUNTY
Glenelg Country School
Ellicott City
Glenelg Country School educates children and young adults, getting them prepared for college, and encouraging them to reach their full potential. Students get a unique learning experience that prepares them for a future full of higher learning.
HOWARD COUNTY
St. John's Parish Day School
Ellicott City
Since 1965, St. John’s Parish Day School has been providing the highest quality Episcopal education for children by educating children with a stimulating and challenging academic curriculum in a culturally and economically diverse community.
HOWARD COUNTY
Trinity School, Inc.
Ellicott City
With 48 acres of a beautiful and tranquil community, Trinity School is a Catholic, independent school serving grades PreK 3 through 8th grade in which the total person is recognized and respected.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Alef Bet Montessori School
North Bethesda
Alef Bet Montessori School is a Jewish Montessori Day School that allows each child to move and learn at their own pace. Kids who need more support with certain skills get that support, and those who are ready to move ahead are able to find the challenges they crave.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Barnesville School of Arts and Sciences
Barnesville
The Barnesville School of Arts and Sciences offers an innovative preschool through 8th grade education that integrates the humanities, art, math, and science. Small class settings foster a culture of joy, support, and excellence.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Barrie School
Silver Spring
Barrie School is a progressive independent school serving students with Montessori (3 Months to Grade 5) and Project-Based Learning (Grade 6 to Grade 12) curricula that inspires excellence, intrinsic motivation, and responsibility through innovation in learning.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Bullis School
Potomac
A private, co-ed college preparatory day school in Potomac that inspires learners in kindergarten through 12th grade with a community embraces diversity, fosters belonging, and honors integrity.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Rockville
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School is more than a school; it’s a community where you will grow from within, develop lifelong friendships, and explore your passions in the company of faculty and staff that will help you cultivate your own success.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Christ Episcopal School
Rockville
A warm and inclusive community, Christ Episcopal School has been inspiring students for over 50 years with a diverse student body and small class sizes that enhance the learning experience to create confident, thoughtful, and caring students.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Concord Hill School
Chevy Chase
Concord Hill School provides a welcoming, nurturing space where young children are inspired and empowered to wonder, experiment, and thrive. Concord Hill School values and cultivates children’s curiosity in the early years of development.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Potomac
At Holy Child, joy is a catalyst for growth and the foundation for strength. As an all-girls school, young women of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome who seek a healthier, smarter way to prepare for college and life.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Evergreen School
Silver Spring and Rockville
The quality of the Evergreen experience comes from our philosophy, our size, and our structure. Most of all, it comes from our teachers and parent community who work hand-in-hand together to provide our children with the very best opportunities to learn and grow.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Georgetown Preparatory School
North Bethesda
Founded in 1789, Georgetown Preparatory School is America’s oldest Catholic boarding and day school for young men in grades 9 through 12. Situated on 93 acres in suburban Washington, D.C., its mission is to form men of conscience, courage, and compassion.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Grace Episcopal Day School
Kensington
Grace Episcopal Day School is a joyful and inclusive learning community where children's innate sense of wonder guides their growth from age 2 through Grade 5. Our expertise in early childhood and elementary education shows in our graduates.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Green Acres School
North Bethesda
At Green Acres School, experienced educators guide children to explore, discover, imagine, create, question, analyze, lead, problem solve, and live with compassion—foundational skills for success in both school and the rapidly changing world beyond.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Holton-Arms School
North Bethesda
Founded more than a century ago, Holton-Arms School encourages young women to approach the world with a thirst for challenge, unflinching curiosity, and a sense of responsibility to use what they learn for the greatest good.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Landon School
Bethesda
Landon School challenges and inspires every boy it teaches to think deeply and broadly; to embody the timeless values of respect, perseverance, and honor; to seek balance and pursue excellence in all endeavors; to become the best version of himself.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Mater Dei School
Bethesda
Mater Dei is an independent, Catholic school for boys, grades 1 through 8. The curriculum is a reasonably fast-tracked one in which consistent effort and reading are emphasized; however, character development is the school's top priority.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
McLean School
Potomac
McLean School helps students, including those with dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, or academic-based anxiety, realize their full potential with a comprehensive college-preparatory curriculum designed with the real world in mind.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
Rockville
Berman Hebrew Academy is the flagship Preschool-12th grade Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School with an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, religious commitment, and character development.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Norwood School
Bethesda
Norwood School is a coeducational independent day school with approximately 450 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As one of the finest PK-8 schools in the country, Norwood sets the bar high and is committed to educating the whole child.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
Olney
Good Counsel is more than just a high school. For families looking for the best-fit high school for their child, Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Catholic, co-educational community that inspires each student to excel, serve, and love in his or her unique way.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Rochambeau, The French International School
Bethesda
Rochambeau, the French International School, is an independent and coeducational day school. Beginning in preschool (age 2) through 12th grade, students study a rigorous curriculum in French and English.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Sandy Spring Friends School
Sandy Spring
At SSFS, students and teachers lead and learn together where students have a voice on important matters, on and off our campus and cultivate their voices through a dynamic, rigorous curriculum that informs and calls them to action.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Seneca Academy
Darnestown
Seneca Academy serves students from preschool through fifth grade who work with adults together on projects and activities that allow students to explore, create, and question concepts while giving them a strong foundation of basic knowledge.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Potomac
As a closely connected preschool through Grade 12 community, students bring a multitude of strengths and interests to school and embrace challenging and exciting academic programs, spirit-filled community, and research-driven approach to education.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
St. John’s Episcopal School
Olney
St. John’s Episcopal School cultivates students of academic excellence, honorable character, and enduring faith and fosters intellectual curiosity and critical thinking through a challenging academic curriculum.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Bethesda
As part of a 200-year tradition of Sacred Heart education and a global network in 41 countries and 150 schools, Stone Ridge makes a commitment to educating the mind and the heart of students so that they may grow in wisdom, faith, and grace.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Academy of the Holy Cross
Kensington
The Academy of the Holy Cross, a Catholic college preparatory school, is dedicated to educating young women in a Christ-centered community that values diversity and developing women of courage, compassion, and scholarship.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Diener School
Bethesda
The Diener School is an independent school providing a multi-sensory education for students grades K-8th that integrates components of a holistic learning environment to create a strong academic curriculum and promote social-emotional growth.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Harbor School
Potomac
An intentionally small school, The Harbor School’s small classes focus exclusively on Preschool through 3rd Grade when children are discovering and developing their individual learning styles and dispositions.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Nora School
Silver Spring
The Nora School is a progressive, socially conscious, college preparatory high school that is small by design, academically and emotionally supportive, and community oriented with an inspiring space for a diverse group of students and teachers to grow.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Primary Day School
Bethesda
The Primary Day School educates boys and girls during the four most important learning years of their lives—Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade. Children are full of energy, curiosity, and potential during this magical time of life.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
The Woods Academy
Bethesda
For children ages 3 to Grade 8, The Woods Academy is a Catholic community that nurtures the whole child through academic excellence, spiritual enrichment, and character development.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Washington Episcopal School
Bethesda
Washington Episcopal School inspires academic and personal excellence within a joyful learning environment to develop students who are kind, confident, and prepared and stride confidently into the world, delight in and contribute to it.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Washington Waldorf School
Bethesda
At Washington Waldorf, each student is seen as an extraordinary human being who is on a profound journey of discovery. Teachers incorporate academic, artistic, and practical elements into every subject, creating memorable lessons and strong individuals.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Friends Community School
College Park
FCS is a purposeful and joyful school that engages and inspires young children through adolescence. Located on 17 wooded acres, FCS offers small class sizes, a diverse and inclusive community, a commitment to educating the whole child.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Holy Trinity
Glenn Dale
Serving Preschool through 8th Grade, Holy Trinity is a private, independent Episcopal School that applies new thinking and best practices in education to empower preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school students of diverse backgrounds.
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
St. Vincent Pallotti High School
Laurel
St. Vincent Pallotti High School is a coeducational, Catholic, secondary, college preparatory school in the Archdiocese of Washington. Celebrating over 100 years of excellence, Pallotti was founded in 1921 by the Pallottine Sisters.