Winner:
Best Private Elementary School
Best Foreign Language Instruction
Best Child Care/Daycare Center
Runner-up:
Best Preschool Program
Thank you, voters and Washington Family!
Families with completed applications may request a brief outdoor campus perimeter tour.
Subject to availability, tours are scheduled to optimize views of outdoor activities. Contact Admissions for more details.
Merritt Academy provides care and educates infants through eighth grade students. Our seven-acre campus located in Fairfax, Virginia provides an expansive yet intimate learning environment ideal for our dedication to multiple levels of education.
Our early childhood programs provide the ideal balance of caring, learning and social development, while our preschool, elementary and middle school academic programs provide a rigorous and challenging curriculum that is enhanced by our values-driven Character Education program to build the solid academic foundation needed for future success.
Our school is built upon three foundational pillars:
Our commitment to serving families includes offering a personal admissions consultation to help you learn more about our program and admissions process. You can schedule a half-hour Zoom or phone session at your convenience using Calendly.
As your baby’s journey begins at Merritt Academy, our early childhood program will nurture their natural instincts by offering safe, stimulating and socially rewarding activities throughout the day.
Our skillful and qualified teachers provide the safety and security – both physical and emotional – necessary to support young learners through adventures of discovery and mastery.
From kindergarten through grade five, children develop the academic and interpersonal foundations they’ll use to build skyscrapers of knowledge in middle school, high school and college.
Grades six through eight prepare our students for high school and beyond, helping them develop the confidence, grit, character and emotional IQ necessary to succeed in life.
“ Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. ”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.