Western High School Competitors

Friends School of Baltimore is a coeducational, Quaker college preparatory day school serving students in grades Pre-K through 12. Guided by the values of integrity, equality, simplicity, community, stewardship and peaceful resolution of conflict, the School sets for its students high standards of excellence within a caring and inclusive environment. Friends was founded in 1784 and is at once Baltimore’s oldest and most forward-looking school. The core belief that there is “that of God” in everyone, and the School’s culture of seeking truth, of engaging with people from different backgrounds, and of serving others remain central to a Friends education.

St. John’s College, with campuses in Annapolis, MD, and Santa Fe, NM, offers the very best in liberal arts education. The interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on the foundational works of philosophy, literature, history, political science, theology, economics, music, mathematics, and the laboratory sciences. Classes are small, with between 14 and 20 students, and are conducted as seminars; the faculty-student ratio is 1:8. Students develop strong critical thinking skills through their close interaction with faculty and as they delve deeply into the most important and influential works of all time. The college also offers a graduate-level program based on these same principles.

Landon School is a private school for boys in Grades 3-12 located in Bethesda, MD.