100 Best Private High Schools in Virginia

We recently told you how your public high schools rank in Virginia, but what about private high schools? As it turns out, a recent set of rankings placed one McLean school atop its 2015 list.

The Potomac School was named the Commonwealth’s best private school on Niche.com’s Top 100 Private High Schools list, and The Madeira School, also located in McLean, ranked third in the state.

Nationally, 3,880 high schools were reviewed based on key student statistics and data sourced from various government and public data sets, Niche’s proprietary data, and 123,218 opinion-based survey responses across a variety of topics from 16,688 current students, recent alumni and parents.

Virginia did not have a school rank in the national top 100, but the Commonwealth’s top 5 hails exclusively from the Northern Virginia region.

Here’s the Virginia private school top 100:

1. The Potomac School Mclean
2. St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School Alexandria
3. Flint Hill School Oakton
4. The Madeira School Mclean
5. Episcopal High School Alexandria
6. St. Anne’s - Belfield School Charlottesville
7. Norfolk Academy Norfolk
8. Miller School Charlottesville
9. Fairfax Christian School Vienna
10. Richmond Academy Richmond
11. Massanutten Military Academy Woodstock
12. Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal
13. Chatham Hall Girls Boarding School Chatham
14. Highland School Warrenton
15. Collegiate School Richmond
16. Norfolk Collegiate School Norfolk
17. Middleburg Academy Middleburg
18. Woodberry Forest School Woodberry
19. St. Catherine’s School Richmond
20. Tandem Friends School Charlottesville
21. St. Margaret’s School Tappahannock
22. Evangel Christian School Dale City
23. Blue Ridge School St George
24. Hampton Roads Academy Newport News
25. North Cross School Roanoke
26. Roanoke Catholic School Roanoke
27. Wakefield School The Plains
28. Carlisle School Axton
29. Trinity School at Meadow View Falls Church
30. Oak Hill Academy Mouth Of Wilson
31. Foxcroft School Middleburg
32. Cape Henry Collegiate School Virginia Beach
33. Fork Union Military Academy Fork Union
34. St. Christopher’s School Richmond
35. The Covenant School Charlottesville
36. Stuart Hall School Staunton
37. The Howard Gardner School Alexandria
38. Walsingham Academy Williamsburg
39. Renaissance School Charlottesville
40. Word of Life Christian Academy Springfield
41. Williamsburg Christian Academy Williamsburg
42. Fredericksburg Academy Fredericksburg
43. Carlbrook School South Boston
44. Trinity Christian School Fairfax
45. Trinity Episcopal School Richmond
46. Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School Arlington
47. Veritas Christian Academy Chesapeake
48. Fishburne Military School Waynesboro
49. Emmanuel Christian School Manassas
50. Virginia Beach Friends School Virginia Beach
51. Islamic Saudi Academy Alexandria
52. The GW Community School Springfield
53. Hargrave Military Academy Chatham
54. Stone Bridge School Portsmouth
55. Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School Virginia Beach
56. Benedictine High School Richmond
57. Victory Christian Academy Richmond
58. Southside Baptist Christian School Richmond
59. Faith Baptist School Fredericksburg
60. Shenandoah Valley Academy New Market
61. Temple Christian School Madison Heights
62. Eastern Mennonite High School Harrisonburg
63. Christchurch School Christchurch
64. Charterhouse School Richmond
65. Paul VI Catholic High School Fairfax
66. Seton School Manassas
67. Community High School Roanoke
68. Timberlake Christian Schools Forest
69. St. Gertrude High School Richmond
70. Alliance Christian Schools Portsmouth
71. Nansemond-Suffolk Academy Suffolk
72. The Steward School Richmond
73. Bishop Ireton High School Alexandria
74. Grove Avenue Christian School Richmond
75. Roanoke Valley Christian Schools Roanoke
76. Mountain Mission School Grundy
77. Fuqua School Farmville
78. Holy Cross Regional Catholic School Lynchburg
79. Amelia Academy Amelia Court House
80. Richmond Christian School Chesterfield
81. Trinity Christian School Stuart
82. The New Community School Richmond
83. Broadwater Academy Exmore
84. Norfolk Christian Schools Norfolk
85. Greenbrier Christian Academy Chesapeake
86. The New School of Northern Virginia Fairfax
87. Isle of Wight Academy Isle Of Wight
88. New Covenant School Lynchburg
89. Parkway Christian Academy Roanoke
90. Peninsula Catholic High School Newport News
91. Christ Chapel Academy Woodbridge
92. Banner Christian School Richmond
93. Faith Christian School Roanoke
94. Fredericksburg Christian School Fredericksburg
95. Grace Christian School Staunton
96. Wakefield Country Day School Huntly
97. Kenston Forest School Blackstone
98. Gateway Christian School Virginia Beach
99. Dayspring Christian Academy Blacksburg
100. Westover Christian Academy Danville