List of schools in the Archdiocese of Washington

This article lists Roman Catholic schools, colleges and universities in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington -- also known as the Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools

Colleges and universities

Seal	School	Location	Religious order
The Catholic University of America	Washington, D.C.	–	1887
Dominican House of Studies	Washington, D.C.	Dominican Order	1905
Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	Society of Jesus	1789
Trinity Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1897

Secondary schools

School	Location	Religious order	Founded
Academy of the Holy Cross	Kensington	Sisters of the Holy Cross	1868
Archbishop Carroll High School	Washington, D.C.	Order of St. Augustine (former)	1951
The Avalon School	Gaithersburg	–	2003
Bishop McNamara High School	Forestville	Congregation of Holy Cross	1964
Brookewood School	Kensington	–	2006
Connelly School of the Holy Child	Potomac	Society of the Holy Child Jesus	1961
DeMatha Catholic High School	Hyattsville	Trinitarian Order	1946
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School	Takoma Park	Salesians of Don Bosco	2007
Elizabeth Seton High School	Bladensburg	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1957
Georgetown Preparatory School	North Bethesda	Society of Jesus	1789
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School	Washington, D.C.	Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary	1799
Gonzaga College High School	Washington, D.C.	Society of Jesus	1821
The Heights School	Potomac	–	1969
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School	Olney	Xaverian Brothers	1958
St. Anselm's Abbey School	Washington, D.C.	Order of St. Benedict	1942
St. John's College High School	Washington, D.C.	De La Salle Christian Brothers	1851
St. Mary's Ryken High School	Leonardtown	Xaverian Brothers	1981
St. Vincent Pallotti High School	Laurel	Pallottines	1921
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart	Bethesda	Society of the Sacred Heart	1923

Grade schools

School	Location	Religious order	Founded	Ref
Academy of St. Matthias the Apostle	Lanham	–	1962	^[1]
Annunciation Catholic School	Washington, D.C.	Society of the Holy Child Jesus (former)	1954	^[2]
Archbishop Neale School	La Plata	Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	1927	^[3]
Blessed Sacrament School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross (former)	1923	^[4]
Cardinal Hickey Academy	Owings	–	1997	^[5]
Christian Beginnings Preschool of St. John Vianney	Prince Frederick	–	–
Father Andrew White, S.J. School	Leonardtown	–	1954	^[6]
Good News Preschool	Huntingtown	–	–
Holy Cross School	Garrett Park	–	1961	^[7]
Holy Family School	Hillcrest Heights	–	–
Holy Redeemer School	College Park	Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods (former)	1931	^[8]
Holy Redeemer School	Kensington	Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati	1951	^[9]
Holy Trinity School	Washington, D.C.	Society of Jesus Sisters of Mercy (former) Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods (former) Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (former)	1818	^[10]
Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Institute	Washington, D.C.	–	–
Little Flower School	Bethesda	Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	1953	^[11]
Little Flower School	Great Mills	–	–
Mary of Nazareth School	Darnestown	Religious Teachers Filippini (former) Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George (former)	1994	^[12]
Mater Dei School	Bethesda	–	–
Mother Catherine Spalding Academy	Mechanicsville	–	–
Mother of God School	Gaithersburg	–	–
Our Lady of Good Counsel School	Olney	–	–
Our Lady of Lourdes School	Bethesda	Sisters of St. Francis	1941	^[13]
Our Lady of Mercy School	Potomac	–	–
Our Lady of Victory School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (former)	1955	^[14]
Our Lady Star of the Sea School	Solomons	–	1933	^[15]
Our Lady's Little Christians Preschool	Waldorf	–	–
Resurrection Catholic Preschool	Burtonsville	–	–
Sacred Heart School	Washington, D.C.	Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters (former)	1931	^[16]
San Miguel School	Washington, D.C.	De La Salle Christian Brothers	2002	^[17]
St. Ambrose School	Cheverly	–	1950	^[18]
St. Andrew Apostle School	Silver Spring	Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes	1960	^[19]
St. Ann's Preschool	Washington, D.C.	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1949
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School	Washington, D.C.	Benedictine Sisters (former)	1927	^[20]
St. Augustine Catholic School	Washington, D.C.	Oblate Sisters of Providence (former) Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus	1858	^[21]
St. Bartholomew School	Bethesda	Congregation of Divine Providence (former)	1962	^[22]
St. Bernadette School	Silver Spring	Sisters of St. Francis (former)	1947	^[23]
St. Columba School	Oxon Hill	–	1962
St. Elizabeth Catholic School	Rockville	–	1966
St. Francis International School	Silver Spring	–	2010	^[24]
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academy	Washington, D.C.	School Sisters of Notre Dame (former)	1939	^[25]
St. Jane de Chantal School	Bethesda	Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (former)	1950	^[26]
St. Jerome Academy	Hyattsville	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (former)	1943	^[27]
St. Jerome Child Center	Hyattsville	–	1985	^[27]
St. John's School	Hollywood	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (former)	1923	^[28]
St. John the Baptist Catholic Elementary School	Silver Spring	Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary (former)	1962	^[29]
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Elementary School	Clinton	Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (former)	1961	^[30]
St. John the Evangelist School	Silver Spring	Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	1950	^[31]
St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School	Beltsville	–	1965	^[32]
St. Jude Regional Catholic School	Rockville	–	1956	^[33]
St. Martin of Tours School	Gaithersburg	–	1925
St. Mary's School	Bryantown	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (former)	1915	^[34]
St. Mary's School	Landover Hills	–	–
St. Mary's School	Rockville	–	1951	^[35]
St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School	Upper Marlboro	Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	1925	^[36]
St. Mary of the Mills School	Laurel	Sisters of Mercy (former) Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (former) Pallottine Missionary Sisters	1893	^[37]
St. Mary's School of Piscataway	Clinton	Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters (former) Sisters of Mercy (former)	1962	^[38]
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic School	Indian Head	–	–	^[39]
St. Michael's School	Ridge	Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity (former) Third Order of Carmelites (former) Society of Jesus (former) Sisters of St. Joseph (former)	1918	^[40]
St. Patrick's Catholic School	Rockville	–	1968
St. Peter's School	Olney	Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (former)	1957	^[41]
St. Peter's School	Waldorf	–	1956	^[42]
St. Peter School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross (former)	1868	^[43]	–	1960	^[44]
St. Pius X Regional School	Bowie	Presentation Sisters (former) Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (former)	1962	^[44]
St. Raphael Nursery School	Rockville	–	1969	^[45]
St. Raphael School	Rockville	–	2006	^[46]
St. Thomas More Catholic Academy	Washington, D.C.	–	–
Washington Jesuit Academy	Washington, D.C.	Society of Jesus	2001	^[47]
Washington Middle School for Girls	Washington, D.C.	Religious of Jesus and Mary Society of the Holy Child Jesus	1998	^[48]
Woods Academy	Bethesda	–	–

Former schools

Colleges and universities

School	Location	Religious order	Founded	Closed
Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross	1935	1973
Washington Theological Union	Washington, D.C.	Multiple orders	1968	2015

Secondary schools

School	Location	Religious order	Founded	Closed	Ref
Academy of Notre Dame	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1873	1989
All Saints High School	Washington, D.C.	–	–	1989
Holy Spirit High School	Washington, D.C.	–	–	1989
Immaculate Conception Academy	Washington, D.C.	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1872	1964	^[49]
La Reine High School	Suitland	Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis	1960	1991
Leonard Hall	Leonardtown	Xaverian Brothers (former)	1909	1970s	^[50]
Mackin High School	Washington, D.C.	Congregation of Holy Cross	–	1989
Northeast Catholic High School	Washington, D.C.	Benedictine Sisters	1922	–	^[20]
Notre Dame High School	Bryantown	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1923	1967	^[51]
Regina High School	Adelphi	Religious of Jesus and Mary	1955	1989
Ryken High School	Leonardtown	Xaverian Brothers	1956	1981
St. Cecilia's Academy	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross	1868	1951	^[43]
St. Mary's Academy	Leonardtown	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	1885	1981

Primary schools

School	Location	Religious order	Founded	Closed	Ref
Assumption School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross	1951	2008	^[52]^[53]
Holy Angels School	Avenue	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	1926	1958	^[54]
Holy Angels–Sacred Heart School	Avenue	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	1958	2009	^[54]
Holy Comforter–St. Cyprian School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill (former) Oblate Sisters of Providence (former)	1965	2008	^[52]
Holy Comforter School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill	1921	1965	^[52]^[55]
Holy Name of Jesus School	Washington, D.C.	–	–	2008	^[52]
Holy Redeemer School	Washington, D.C.	–	1955	–	^[56]
Immaculate Conception Academy	Washington, D.C.	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1954	1984
Immaculate Conception Boys School	Washington, D.C.	Marianist Brothers	1865	1964	^[49]
Immaculate Conception Girls School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Charity	1865	1872	^[49]
Immaculate Conception School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Mercy (former) Society of the Holy Child Jesus (former)	1964	2008	^[49]^[52]
Mount Calvary Catholic School	Forestville	School Sisters of Notre Dame	1950	2016	^[57]^[58]
Nativity Catholic Academy	Washington, D.C.	–	1925	2008	^[52]
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	Washington, D.C.	School Sisters of Notre Dame	1921	2007	^[59]^[60]
Our Lady's School	Medley's Neck	–	1924	–	^[50]
Our Lady Queen of Peace School	Washington, D.C.	–	1952	2003	^[61]
Our Lady of Sorrows School	Takoma Park	–	–	2006	^[62]
Sacred Heart School	Bushwood	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	1926	1958	^[54]
St. Alphonsus School	St. Mary's City	–	1916	1922	^[50]
St. Ann's Academy	Washington, D.C.	–	–	2014	^[63]
St. Benedict Academy	Washington, D.C.	Benedictine Sisters	1905	1922	^[20]
St. Benedict the Moor School	Washington, D.C.	Oblate Sisters of Providence (former)	1962	2008	^[64]
St. Camillus School	Silver Spring	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1954	2010	^[24]
St. Catherine Labouré School	Wheaton	–	1953	2013	^[65]
St. Cyprian's School	Washington, D.C.	Oblate Sisters of Providence	1892	1965	^[66]
St. David's School	Mount Rainier	Sisters of St. Joseph of Hartford	1918	1932	^[50]
St. Francis de Sales School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of St. Joseph	1946	2008	^[52]^[67]
St. Gabriel School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary	1924	2008	^[52]^[68]
St. Hugh of Grenoble School	Greenbelt	–	1949	2010	^[69]
St. John Baptist de La Salle School	Chillum	Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati	1952	–	^[70]^[71]
St. Joseph's Colored School	Morganza	–	1927	1964	^[72]^[73]
St. Joseph's School	Morganza	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth	1924	1964	^[73]
St. Joseph's School	Washington, D.C.	–	1890	–	^[74]
St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic School	Seat Pleasant	Felician Sisters	1955	2007	^[60]^[75]
St. Mark the Evangelist School	Hyattsville	–	1958	2009	^[24]^[76]
St. Mary's Boarding School	Bryantown	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1921	1931	^[34]
St. Mary's Colored School	Bryantown	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1915	1967	^[51]
St. Michael the Archangel School	Silver Spring	–	–	2012	^[77]
St. Nicholas School	Laurel	–	–	2010	^[69]
St. Patrick's Academy	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of the Holy Cross	1865	1985	^[78]
St. Paul School	Washington, D.C.	–	–	1961	^[21]
St. Peter Claver School	St. Inigoes	Oblate Sisters of Providence	1916	–	^[50]
St. Philip the Apostle Catholic School	Camp Springs	1960	2025
St. Rose's Industrial School	Washington, D.C.	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1872	–	^[78]
St. Stephen's Parish School for Boys	Washington, D.C.	Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul	1872	1879
St. Stephen's School	Washington, D.C.	Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur	1924	1954
St. Teresa of Avila School	Washington, D.C.	Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	1900s	1972	^[79]
St. Thomas the Apostle School	Washington, D.C.	–	–	–	^[80]

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