Edmund Burke School
Washington, DC
Location
City, Large
Religious Affiliation
Not Religious
Student Body
Coed
Enrollment
315 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
8:1
Updated 8mo ago
Edmund Burke School puts students’ intellectual, physical, and creative lives at the center, with teachers who know students as individual learners and support their social-emotional well-being. They emphasize active engagement through critical thinking, informed open discussion, and high expectations that build intrinsic motivation and confidence through challenge. The school aims to foster autonomy, curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and a strong sense of integrity, moral reasoning, and social responsibility so students can advocate for themselves and others and contribute to a more just world.
Updated 8mo ago
Updated 8mo ago
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Updated 8mo ago
After classes end at 3:30 PM, the school offers proctored middle school and high school study halls until 5:30 PM.
PSS ID 00253426
- Community
- City, Large
- Religious orientation
- Nonsectarian
- School type
- Nonsectarian, special program
- Student body
- Coed
- Enrollment
- 315 students
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.6
- Student–teacher ratio
- 7.8:1
- Daily instruction
- 7.0 hours
Student demographics
Sources
- NCES Private School Survey · National Center for Education Statistics · 2023–24