The information below provides a count of the number of students enrolled in private and parochial schools in the District of Columbia in recent years.

School Year 2018-19

• Total Resident Students Count: 8,553
• Total Number of Students: 14,954*

School Year 2019-20

• Total Resident Students Count: 8,349
• Total Number of Students: 15,328

School Year 2019-20

• Total Resident Students Count: 9,009
• Total Number of Students: 16,968

*Numbers provided by the Association of Greater Independent Schools and the Archdiocese of Washington.

Additional Information

For additional information about private schools in the District of Columbia, please select the links below.

  

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State requirements and programs for private schools in the District of Columbia are managed by OSSE’s Office of Special Populations and Programs within the Division of Systems and Supports, K-12.

[Date Posted: Jan. 3, 2023]