Established 1945 Faculty 165 Average class size 16 Mascot Grasshopper Founded 1945 | Head of School Russell Shaw Enrollment 1075 Phone +1 202-295-6200 Color Green and White | |
Type PrivatePreparatory school Address 4530 MacArthur Blvd NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA Similar Maret School, Sidwell Friends School, National Cathedral School, Georgeto Visitation Preparato, Washingt Internatio School Profiles | ||
Georgetown Day School (GDS) is an independent coeducational PK-12 school located in Washington, D.C.. The school educates 1,075 elementary, middle, and high school students across two campuses in the city's Northwestern quadrant.
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Founded in 1945 as Washington's first racially integrated school, it is known for its progressive climate and dedication to social justice. Students call teachers by their first names, and the high school allows students to leave the campus during school hours.
The school is known as one of the city's most academically rigorous and selective institutions, and it has educated the children of several high-ranking government officials, including former United States Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu.
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Academics
GDS offers 18 Advanced Placement courses. High School features a comprehensive curriculum covering the humanities, mathematics, sciences, and the arts. Students are required to take 4 years of English courses and a freshman seminar focusing on diversity issues.
The school enrolls approximately 1,075 students and graduates about 130 seniors in any given year. As a college preparatory school, GDS sends 100% of its graduates to four-year universities. The most frequently attended universities for GDS alumni include Harvard, Washington University in St. Louis, Wesleyan and Yale. The 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores for the 2015 senior class at GDS are CR (630 - 760), M (590 - 740), W (620 - 740). The Class of 2015 includes 11 National Merit Semifinalists, 27 Commended Students, 3 National Achievement Semifinalists, and 1 National Hispanic Scholar.
Each year the school sponsors the Ben Cooper Lecture in memory of a student killed in a car accident in 1997. Past speakers have included immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas, journalist Michele Norris, journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer-brothers Franklin, Jonathan, and Joshua Foer (all three alumni), journalist David K. Shipler, feminist Zainab Salbi, civil rights activist Julian Bond, fraudster Greg Mortenson, historian John Hope Franklin, political scientist James C. Scott, architect William McDonough, author Sherman Alexie, Senator George J. Mitchell, journalist Anna Quindlen, author and humanitarian Elie Wiesel, poet Maya Angelou, scientist Harold Varmus (a GDS parent), historian Taylor Branch, and US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.