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Holton-Arms School

Bethesda · MD · Private independent · K-12 combined

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📖20 AP courses 📝SAT 1430 avg 🏅9 National Merit Semifinalists

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Programs & features
  • 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 9 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1430 (25-75: 1370–1500)
  • 📝 ACT avg 32.0 (25-75: 30–34)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 88.0% (avg score 4.2)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Holton-Arms School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1430 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.0 (≈ top 4%) · 88% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 9 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyMD sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Landon School, Walt Whitman High, German International School Washington Dc and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 664 in 2018 to 668 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+0.6%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Holton-Arms School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.holton-arms.edu/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 668 students:

2023
669
2025
671
2027
673

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 5 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $80,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Landon School
Bethesda
Private 1.2 697
Walt Whitman High
Bethesda
Public 1.3 2,056 +1.3%
German International School Washington Dc
Potomac
Private 2.0 442 +0.5%
Connelly School Of The Holy Child
Potomac
Private 2.2 350 +17.8%
Rochambeau-The French Intl School
Bethesda
Private 2.4 986 -1.4%
Walter Johnson High
Bethesda
Public 2.6 3,016 +5.1%
The Heights School
Potomac
Private 2.7 602 +11.9%
Stone Ridge School Of The Sacred Heart
Bethesda
Private 3.0 719 +4.8%

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