National Cathedral School

Grades: 4-12
Students: 583
Type: Private
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Mount Saint Alban
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 537-6300

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I attended St. Albans daycare, Beauvoir, Lower, Middle and finally left after sophomore year of upper school. What I can say about Cathedral is that it was an extremely cold, cruel, and unfair school. Favoritism was doled out to certain students based on who their parents were or what they donated.
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Posted by a community member on 4/28/2024
The Upper School is off-the-charts good, with uncompromising standards. Rigorous and competitive, but nurturing at the same time. The sisterhood, sense of community and outstanding upperclassmen role models have been fantastic for our daughter. It's not a place for shrinking violets; Type A personal
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Posted by a parent on 5/28/2018
I was a student at NCS and I wish my parents had made another decision for my schooling. While the academics were good, I was unhappy, stressed and socially tormented, and so were many of my classmates. I think that there are many other good schools in the DC area with happier students.
Posted by a community member on 11/30/2017
If we had to do it all over again we would not send our daughter here. We are just waiting for it to be over. This year we have a harkness mah teacher. No structure, no sullabus, no teaching . My daughter is crying in her room in despair because she doesn't know what is going on. A tutor doesn't
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Posted by a parent on 9/24/2017
There is a reason the movie & book "Mean Girls" was written about NCS. It is the meanest, coldest school in the city. Probably one of the meanest in the country. Teachers are mean and don't care at all about the girls. Most of them admit they don't believe in giving As. The girls write amazing A pap
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Posted by a parent on 6/4/2017

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Washington schools - National Cathedral School is located at Mount Saint Alban, Washington DC 20016. National Cathedral School is a Private school that serves grade levels 4-12.

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