Fast Facts

List of 6 items.

• School Year

  August 26, 2024 - May 29, 2025

• School-Day Hours

  • Lower School: 8 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
  • Middle and Upper School: 8 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.
  • AfterSchool Care is available for Lower and Middle School students on most school days until 6 p.m. 

• Tuition and Affordability

  • We never stop working to make Steward as affordable as possible. Learn about our tuition and affordability options.
  • The average Variable Tuition rate for students schoolwide in 2023-24 was $16,603.
  • A tuition reduction of more than $2.8 million is given each year.
  • Merit awards are available for new Upper School students.
  • The Debbie Robson Merit Scholarship provides four years of full Upper School tuition to one rising ninth grader who is new to Steward each year.
  • Standard Tuition 2024-25
  • Junior Kindergarten (full-day): $19,275
  • Grades K-5: $27,260
  • Grades 6-8: $29,660
  • Grades 9-12: $31,280

• Awards and Recognition

  Richmond Times-Dispatch
  Top Workplaces
  '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24
  
  Virginia Living
  Top Schools
  '13, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '20, '22, '23, '24
  
  Richmond Magazine
  The Best in Education
  '13, '14, '15 (no longer awarded)
  
  Style Weekly
  Family Favorites
  '14, '15, '20
  
  Niche.com
  Best Private K-12 Schools
  '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24*
  *Ranked #1 in 2024
  
  Niche.com
  Best Private High Schools
  '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24*
  *Ranked #1 in 2024
  
  Niche.com
  Most Diverse Private High Schools
  '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24
  
  Niche.com
  Best Private High Schools for Athletes
  '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24
  
  Niche.com
  Best Private High Schools for STEM
  '18, '19, '20, '21, '22, '23, '24
  
  
  

• Memberships and Accreditation

  Steward is accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS), the Southern Associations of Independent Schools (SAIS), and the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE).
  
  Founded in 1973, VAIS is the leader in advancing and advocating for independent school education in Virginia. The VAIS accreditation program is one of a select few recognized at the international level through the International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA). VAIS also is recognized and approved by the Virginia Board of Education through the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE).
  
  We are a member of:
  

  • Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)
  • National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
  • Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools (TCIS)
  • Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE)
  • Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
  • Independent School Management (ISM)
  • Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling (PCACAC)
  • National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC)
  • National Business Officers Association (NBOA)

• College Acceptances for the Class of 2024

  Steward's seniors are accepted to impressive colleges and universities across the country.
  
  COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES FOR STEWARD’S CLASS OF 2024
  

  
  

  Appalachian State University

  Arizona State University

  Auburn University

  Bard College

  Baylor University

  Bishop’s University (Canada)

  Boston College

  Bridgewater College

  Brigham Young University

  Bryn Mawr College

  Bucknell University

  Catawba College

  Catholic University of America

  Champlain College

  Christopher Newport U. (2)

  Clemson University

  Coastal Carolina University

  College of Charleston

  College of William & Mary (2)

  Colorado College

  Colorado State University

  Cornell University

  Dalhousie University (Canada)

  East Carolina University

  Eastern Mennonite University

  Elon University (2)

  Emory & Henry College

  Emory University

  Eugene Lang College

  Florida State University

  Fordham University

  George Mason University

  George Washington University

  Goucher College

  Hampden-Sydney College (2)

  Hampton University

  Harvard University

  High Point University (2)

  Hollins University

  Howard University

  James Madison University (7)

  Kenyon College

  Lafayette College

  Lehigh University

  Longwood University (2)

  Marist College

  Mary Baldwin University

  Marymount University

  Massachusetts Maritime Academy

  McDaniel College

  McGill University (Canada)

  New York University

  North Carolina State University

  Northeastern University

  Oglethorpe University

  Old Dominion University

  Penn State University

  Purdue University

  Radford University

  Randolph College

  Randolph-Macon College (2)

  Roanoke College

  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Rollins College

  Rutgers University

  Saint Francis University

  Savannah Coll. of Art & Design (SCAD)

  Seton Hall University

  Shenandoah University

  Sheridan College (Canada)

  Spelman College

  St. Mary’s College of Maryland

  Suffolk University

  Syracuse University (2)

  Temple University

  The Ohio State University

  United States Naval Academy

  The University of Alabama

  The University of Montana

  The University of Tennessee

  University of Arizona

  University of California, Irvine

  University of California Los Angeles

  University of California, Santa Cruz

  University of Colorado Boulder

  University of Colorado Denver

  University of Connecticut

  University of Delaware

  University of Hartford

  Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  University of Kentucky

  University of Lynchburg

  University of Mary Washington

  Univ. of Maryland (Baltimore County)

  University of Maryland (College Park)

  University of Miami

  University of Michigan

  University of Mississippi

  University of Pittsburgh

  University of Richmond

  University of South Carolina

  University of Southern California

  University of Toronto

  University of Vermont

  University of Virginia (9)

  University of Wyoming

  Vassar College

  Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (1)

  VCUarts (2)

  Virginia Tech (4)

  Virginia Wesleyan University

  Wake Forest University

  Washington College

  West Virginia University

  Wilkes University

  Wofford College