Sheridan School


Sheridan School is an independent, co-ed, progressive, K-8 school in Washington, D.C. The school enrolls no more than 230 students. The average tuition for the 2025-2026 school year is $46,195. The school awarded $1.6 million in financial aid in 2025-2026. Forty percent of Sheridan students identify as students of color. In 2025, Sheridan was named an AMLE School of Distinction.
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History

Founded in 1927 as Mrs. Cook's School, Sheridan School was later renamed after its original location of Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row. Incorporated as a non-profit in 1961, it moved two years later to its current location on 36th Street, NW, in the North Cleveland Park neighborhood. In 1971, the school purchased a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia.

Mountain campus

The school also has a 130-acre Mountain Campus in Luray, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This facility includes: platform tents, a dining hall, and a nature center. Activities include a zip line, a giant swing, a climbing wall and a high- and low-ropes courses. Each grade engages in the outdoor education program twice each school year.

Notable alumnus