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Top 10 Best Maryland Private Elementary Schools Belonging to Cognia (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 22 private elementary schools belonging to Cognia serving 6,457 students in Maryland. You can also find more schools membership associations in Maryland.
The top ranked private elementary schools belonging to Cognia in Maryland include St. Mary Of The Assumption School, International Connections Academy, and Our Lady Of Lourdes School.
The average tuition cost is $8,831, which is lower than the Maryland private elementary school average tuition cost of $14,529.
86% of private elementary schools belonging to Cognia in Maryland are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod).

Top Ranked Private Elementary Schools Belonging to Cognia in Maryland (2025)

School
Location
Grades
Students
Fusion Academy Columbia
Fusion Academy Columbia Photo - Each Fusion campus has a state-of-the-art music studio with professional-grade tools. Students can explore instruments, vocals, songwriting, DJ performing arts, and more.
Alternative School
10175 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Suite 120
Columbia, MD 21044
(877) 673-8893
Grades: 6-12
| n/a students
Fusion Academy Rockville
Fusion Academy Rockville Photo - Classes at Fusion are one-to-one: one student and one teacher per classroom. Students have different teachers for different subjects, and teachers act as mentors in the one-to-one setting.
(1)
275 N. Washington Street, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850
(877) 673-8893
Grades: 6-12
| n/a students
Grace Lutheran School
Grace Lutheran School Photo - 2nd graders learning their place values
(Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
1200 Charles St
La Plata, MD 20646
(301) 932-0963
Grades: NS-8
| 270 students
10960 Grantchester Way
Columbia, MD 21044
(888) 260-4159
Grades: K-12
| 889 students
Little Flower School
(Catholic)
(1)
20410 Point Lookout Rd.
Great Mills, MD 20634
(301) 994-0404
Grades: PK-8
| 183 students
Monsignor Slade Catholic School
Monsignor Slade Catholic School Photo - Rooted in Catholic faith and committed to academic excellence, Monsignor Slade Catholic School is dedicated to forming the whole child to know, love, and be a disciple of Christ.
(Catholic)
(10)
120 Dorsey Road
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410) 766-7130
Grades: PK-8
| 566 students
Our Lady Of Lourdes School
Our Lady Of Lourdes School Photo - Pre-School students learn Art in their classrooms.
(Catholic)
(2)
7500 Pearl Street
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 654-5376
Grades: PK-8
| 211 students
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help School
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help School Photo
(Catholic)
(17)
4801 Ilchester Rd
Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 744-4251
Grades: PK-8
| 215 students
Resurrection St. Paul School
Resurrection St. Paul School Photo
(Catholic)
(3)
3155 Paulskirk Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 461-9111
Grades: PK-8
| 535 students
Sacred Heart Elementary School
Sacred Heart Elementary School Photo - Join the SHG Bulldogs and become one of the pack!
(Catholic)
(2)
63 Sacred Heart Lane
Glyndon, MD 21071
(410) 833-0857
Grades: PK-8
| 452 students
St. Ambrose Elementary School
(Catholic)
(1)
6310 Jason Street
Hyattsville, MD 20785
(301) 773-0223
Grades: NS-8
| 183 students
St. Bartholomew Catholic School
St. Bartholomew Catholic School Photo - Our mission is to provide a nurturing and academically challenging environment where students can grow spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. Our dedicated faculty and staff are committed to fostering a love of learning, instilling Catholic values, and preparing our students to become compassionate, responsible, and successful individuals.
(Catholic)
6900 River Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 229-5586
Grades: NS-8
| 198 students
St. Columba Catholic School
St. Columba Catholic School Photo
(Catholic)
(1)
7800 Livingston Rd
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
(301) 567-6212
Grades: PK-8
| 184 students
St. Francis International School
(Catholic)
1500 St. Camillus Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20903
(301) 434-2344
Grades: PK-8
| 336 students
St. John The Evangelist School
(Catholic)
10201 Woodland Dr
Silver Spring, MD 20902
(301) 681-7656
Grades: PK-8
| 168 students
St. Louis School
St. Louis School Photo
(Catholic)
(6)
12500 Clarksville Pike
Clarksville, MD 21029
(410) 531-6664
Grades: PK-8
| 560 students
St. Martin of Tours Catholic School
St. Martin of Tours Catholic School Photo - We look forward to hearing from you and partnering with you on the journey of education.
(Catholic)
(1)
115 S Frederick Ave
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301) 990-2441
Grades: PK-8
| 192 students
St. Mary Of The Assumption School
St. Mary Of The Assumption School Photo
(Catholic)
(2)
4610 Largo Road
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-4170
Grades: NS-8
| 260 students
St. Peter's School
St. Peter's School Photo - Kindergarten students testing their Structure & Function STEM project-designing a house for the Three Little Pigs
(Catholic)
(6)
2900 Olney Sandy Spring Rd
Olney, MD 20832
(301) 774-9112
Grades: PK-8
| 354 students
Mother Of God School
Mother Of God School Photo
(Catholic)
(7)
20501 Goshen Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
(301) 990-2088
Grades: PK-8
| 240 students
St. Francis Of Assisi School
(Catholic)
3617 Harford Rd
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410) 467-1683
Grades: PK-8
| 236 students
St. John The Evangelist School
(Catholic)
8912 Old Branch Ave
Clinton, MD 20735
(301) 868-2010
Grades: PK-8
| 225 students

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