Explore K-12 Private Schools in the U.S. & Worldwide

The Episcopal Academy educates qualified, motivated students to grow intellectually, physically, and spiritually, and to share their talents generously. We are a coeducational community of learners and teachers working to achieve excellence through a strong academic program, comprehensive athletics, and vibrant arts. Our school's Episcopalian heritage with its respect for all faiths forms the basis of our life together.

Pacific Ridge School promotes both artistic and athletic achievement, while integrating our vision and our values in every aspect of our curriculum. Pacific Ridge School inspires and prepares students to be life-long learners who act with compassion and integrity. As they explore assumptions from new perspectives and become aware of their role as members of a global community, students learn the importance of finding their purpose in life. Good teachers and administrators work for the welfare of their students wherever they are, even in long-standing institutions in which traditions make even welcome change more difficult.

The Wardlaw-Hartridge School prepares students to lead and succeed in a world of global interconnection. We provide an educational atmosphere characterzied by academic challenge,support for individual excellence, diversity and a familiar sense of community.

This private high school, ranked in the top 10% in Ohio, has no religious affiliation. The large, modern campus features three arts centers and various sports facilities, as well as outdoor spaces, green areas, ponds, and streams. With a strong academic reputation and 80% of faculty holding advanced degrees, the school maintains a 1:8 student-teacher ratio and offers 17 AP courses with a 90% pass rate. For students interested in engineering, the school provides elective courses, including certification programs, through its Engineering and Innovation Institute, supported by a state-of-the-art engineering lab equipped with CNC machines, laser engravers, and 3D printers. The engineering building is considered more advanced than 80% of college facilities. The school also places a strong emphasis on the arts, with required art courses and rich offerings, including a year-long musical theater program and AP-level art classes.

Vistamar offers a world-class curriculum designed to prepare students for success. Teachers use creative methods to make learning engaging, fostering a love for discovery. The small, supportive community enables students to thrive, with tight-knit classes that promote belonging. Life and college planning are integrated throughout high school, ensuring students not only gain admission to top colleges but are also prepared for success beyond. Vistamar prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a multicultural curriculum and active student life that encourages learning from diverse backgrounds. The innovative campus is designed to support comfort and interaction for today’s teens, based on extensive research and planning.

The Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls share a nearly 200-year-old tradition of single-gender, independent education. Both schools retain their own identities, traditions, programs and administrations while sharing a set of values and sense of purpose. A spirit of collaboration flourishes at the Academies. The Albany Academy strives to create an environment rich in possibilities that encourages and inspires each student to attain the level of mastery of which he is capable, and to develop those personal qualities and talents that make him a unique individual, a leader and a contributing member of society. Albany Academy for Girls seeks to engage each student in academics, the arts and athletics through a rigorous program that challenges students to become creative and independent thinkers and fosters responsible citizenship and lifelong learning.

Villa Maria Academy, with its mission firmly rooted in Gospel values and steeped in Catholic tradition, seeks to provide an education for young women that will enable them to lead lives of spiritual growth, intellectual inquiry, and Christian service. Villa Maria Academy reverences the inherent dignity of each person and aims to engage students in contributing to the fulfillment of God's Kingdom. Villa Maria Academy empowers a young woman to define and develop her own individuality in a manner which exemplifies and reveres Mary, our model and inspiration. Within a single sex environment, young women are encouraged to appreciate the unique feminine expression of their own gifts and those of others. The Villa Maria community believes in the power of women to effect good at every level of society.

Fairfield College Preparatory School is by tradition and choice a Jesuit, Catholic high school of excellence. The mission of Fairfield Prep is to offer its students the finest preparation for college; to inspire in its students a lifelong love of learning; to invite each student to deepen his relationship with God; to encourage each student

Dedicated to academic excellence and development of high personal standards, Pingree believes that a love of learning flourishes best in a diverse community that respects truth, curiosity, creativity, humor, and independent and imaginative thinking. Above all, Pingree strives to instill in its students integrity, decency, compassion, self-esteem and commitment to one another and to the world at large. As students become confident of themselves and their abilities, it is vital that they also recognize their obligations to society as responsible citizens. Pingree believes that a willingness to participate actively in efforts to bring about a better world is an essential goal for every student. Pingree seeks to help each individual develop the qualities of leadership and the courage to take risks while continuing to grow as a student and as a person.

Flintridge Preparatory School offers a rigorous, moral, and intimate learning enviornment, nurturing in its students the skills, knowledge, values, and inspiration essential ti a rewarding college experience, a lifelong embrace of education, a devotion to community, and a full and responsible life. Here, strong bonds are forged - between student and student, student and teacher, books and dreams. In this cooperative and caring environment, we nurture critical thinking and intellectual curiosity to prepare each student to embrace lifelong learning. We provide an ordered environment that allows young people to become free through growth and learning. Every academic success or challenge, every touchdown, every sculpture, every rehearsal is a lesson in personal struggle and triumph.

St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School, a Catholic college preparatory high school of the Diocese of Sacramento, challenges it diverse student population to seek truth as creative, complex thinkers, and to be responsible citizens and compassionate individuals who share their gifts with others.

With an enrollment of approximately 800 students in Preschool age 3 through 12th grade, Greensboro DaySchool is one of the largest nonsectarian independent schools in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina, and is known throughout thenation for its excellence in education. For 45 years, our success has been defined by our challenging academic program, our emphasison honor and values, and our dedication to each individual child and family. Today we are more committed than ever to developing the intellectual, ethical, and interpersonal foundations students need to become constructive contributors to the world.

A preschool -12th grade school serving the Jewish community, our mission is to further Academic Excellence, Social Responsibility, and Active Jewish Living. San Diego Jewish Academy is shaping the foundation of future thinkers, creators, and community leaders by blending modern education with greater purpose and meaning.

Saint Viator High School is a Catholic, college preparatory community called to provide religious formation and an academic program of excellence to young men and women of the northwest suburbs of Chicago. St Viator High School, we are committed to students acquiring the best Catholic college preparatory education possible and reaffirming and strengthening Christian values and morals.

The Waring School is a liberal arts school for students in middle and high school (grades 6-12). Our mission is to create and sustain a community of lifelong learners who are working together for the individual and the common good. We assume that most learning in a lifetime takes place outside of school and that one of the purposes of school is to prepare an individual to learn on his or her own. We do not, consequently, think of school as an end in itself but as part of the continuum of a life-long process perpetually at work in each learner

At Bancroft, academic excellence drives every stage of learning. From PreK through Grade 12, students engage in a rigorous, college-preparatory curriculum enriched by advanced STEM, research opportunities, and leverages Worcester’s renowned higher education community. Founded in 1900, Bancroft combines expert faculty, small classes, and a proven record of top college placement which prepares students for success at highly selective universities worldwide.

Founded in 1890, The Summit Country Day School has maintained a proud legacy of excellence in independent, Catholic education. We offer a superb coeducational learning experience to students from age 2 through grade 12 from throughout the greater Cincinnati area. A nationally recognized leader in character education, The Summit offers a compelling combination of small classes, caring faculty, academic rigor, and strong spiritual values.

Lancaster Country Day School combines a rigorous curriculum with a supportive and encouraging faculty to ensure that every preschool-12th grade student receives the best education available. In addition to Lancaster, students come from Hershey, Reading and York to become part of the vibrant, high-spirited community that Lancaster Newspapers readers voted "Favorite Private School.".

Santa Margarita Catholic High School offers a college-preparatory education under the leadership of the Diocese of Orange. SMCHS provides a well-rounded education emphasizing the formation of the entire person. Students are challenged to grow spiritually, intellectually, socially and morally. SMCHS strives to develop students who are people of faith, skilled lifelong learners, healthy individuals and involved citizens of our world. At Santa Margarita, we inspire innovation, pursue excellence and are ever-faithful to our charism of Caritas Christi, the love of Christ.

York is a small school with a distinctive campus culture, exceptional faculty, and a rigorous academic program. In the inclusive Episcopal school tradition, we recognize the dignity of all human beings and welcome our students’ diverse talents, viewpoints, and faiths. We’ve found that our small school community helps develop personal responsibility and concern for others. With 225 students in grades 8-12, the York community is small in some ways, large in others. We are large enough to provide a comprehensive academic and extra-curricular program, with wide range of courses designed to provide excellent preparation for college, and small enough to offer everyone an opportunity for personal expression through participation in clubs, drama, music, sports, student government, and social activities. Small classes bring closer contact with academic work, more chances to interact directly with faculty, and the kind of personal attention that takes students to the next level.