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Overall
B+
Matriculation B
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A+
Community A+
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Bishop O'Connell High School is a Catholic coeducational community located in Arlington, Virginia.
The spiritual atmosphere is enriched by the presence of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Our mission is to provide students an education rooted in the life of Christ and to foster the pursuit of excellence in the whole person.
We believe in the full development of the human person, including the spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical aspects of one's being.
Commitment to academic excellence is an integral part of our identity as a Catholic school.
We believe that students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process, and when each student has appropriate opportunities for success.
We believe that student self-esteem is enhanced by positive relationships and mutual respect among and between students and faculty; that students thrive in a supportive yet stimulating climate which affirms the dignity of all persons; and that we are called to educate students of diverse economic, cultural, religious, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$26665
Enrollment
1150
International Students
5%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
81%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:12
AP
29
Average SAT Score
1220
Average ACT Score
28
Class Size
18

Matriculation

(2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#6 University of Chicago 1 +
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#10 Duke University 1 +
#12 Dartmouth College 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 1 +
#17 Cornell University 1 +
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
#22 Emory University 1 +
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#32 Tufts University 1 +
#36 Boston College 1 +
#41 Boston University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 1 +
#44 Tulane University 1 +
#49 University of Georgia 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 Pepperdine University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
#55 University of Washington 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
#67 Texas A&M University 1 +
#67 University of Connecticut 1 +
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#72 Fordham University 1 +
#72 North Carolina State University 1 +
#77 Baylor University 1 +
#77 Clemson University 1 +
#77 Michigan State University 1 +
#83 Gonzaga University 1 +
#89 Brigham Young University 1 +
#89 Elon University 1 +
#89 University of Delaware 1 +
LAC #18 Colgate University 1 +
Auburn University 1 +
#97 University of San Diego 1 +
#100 Saint Mary's College 1 +
#105 University of Arizona 1 +
#107 Randolph-Macon College 1 +
#111 Goucher College 1 +
#115 Fairfield University 1 +
#115 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 +
#120 St. Vincent College 1 +
#121 Temple University 1 +
#127 University of Dayton 1 +
#137 George Mason University 1 +
#137 Seton Hall University 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
#149 University of Mary Washington 1 +
#151 Duquesne University 1 +
#151 James Madison University 1 +
#151 University of Mississippi 1 +
#166 Virginia Commonwealth University 1 +
#176 Catholic University of America 1 +
#182 Ohio University 1 +
#182 Oklahoma State University 1 +
#182 University of Rhode Island 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 1 +
#202 University of Wyoming 1 +
#234 Bellarmine University 1 +
#234 East Carolina University 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
#285 DeSales University 1 +
#299 Marymount University 1 +
#299 Old Dominion University 1 +
#299 Regent University 1 +
#317 Morgan State University 1 +
Bridgewater College 1 +
Christopher Newport University 1 +
Coastal Carolina University 1 +
College of Charleston 1 +
College of William and Mary 1 +
Elizabethtown College 1 +
Fashion Institute of Technology 1 +
Jacksonville University 1 +
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania 1 +
Longwood University 1 +
Loyola University Maryland 1 +
McGill University 1 +
Moravian College 1 +
Northern Virginia Community College 1 +
Penn State University Park 1 +
Providence College 1 +
Radford University 1 +
Rollins College 1 +
Rutgers University 1 +
Salisbury University 1 +
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 +
Seton Hill University 1 +
Stevenson University 1 +
Towson University 1 +
University of British Columbia 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Maryland: Baltimore County 1 +
University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2021 2016-2019 2016 2012-2015 Total
All schools 57 51 83 40 57
#2 Harvard College 1 + 1
#2 Columbia University 1 + 1
#6 Stanford University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#6 University of Chicago 1 + 1
#8 University of Pennsylvania 1 + 1 2
#9 Duke University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 1
#13 Dartmouth College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 + 1 + 1 3
#14 Vanderbilt University 1 + 1 2
#14 Brown University 1 + 1 2
#17 Rice University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#17 Cornell University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#19 University of Notre Dame 1 + 1 + 1 3
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 1 + 2
#21 Emory University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#22 University of California: Berkeley 1 + 1 2
#23 Georgetown University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#23 University of Michigan 1 + 1 + 1 3
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 1 + 1 2
#25 University of Virginia 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#27 University of Southern California 1 + 1
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#28 University of Florida 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#28 Tufts University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#28 Wake Forest University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 1 + 1
#28 New York University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#34 University of California: San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#34 University of Rochester 1 + 1 2
#36 Boston College 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 1
#38 University of California: Davis 1 + 1 2
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#42 Boston University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#42 Brandeis University 1 + 1
#42 Tulane University 1 + 1 + 2
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 1 2
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1 2
#48 University of Georgia 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#49 Lehigh University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 + 1 + 1 3
#49 Northeastern University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#49 Pepperdine University 1 + 1 + 2
#49 Villanova University 1 + 1
#49 Purdue University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#55 Florida State University 1 + 1 + 2
#55 University of Miami 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#59 University of Washington 1 + 1 + 2
#59 Syracuse University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1 + 1 3
#63 George Washington University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#63 University of Connecticut 1 + 1 + 1 3
#68 Southern Methodist University 1 + 1
#68 Texas A&M University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 1 2
#68 Fordham University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 1
#75 Clemson University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#75 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#75 Baylor University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#79 American University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#79 Gonzaga University 1 + 1
#79 Brigham Young University 1 + 1 + 2
#79 North Carolina State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#83 Marquette University 1 + 1 + 2
#83 Howard University 1 + 1
#83 Michigan State University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#83 Elon University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#83 University of California: Riverside 1 + 1 + 2
#83 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 + 1
#83 Stevens Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#93 University of Denver 1 + 1
#93 University of Delaware 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4
#93 University of San Diego 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#99 Auburn University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#99 University of Oregon 1 + 1
#103 Saint Louis University 1 + 1
#103 Temple University 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#103 University of Arizona 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#103 University of San Francisco 1 + 1
#103 University of South Florida 1 + 1 + 2
#103 Drexel University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1 + 1 3
#117 Arizona State University 1 + 1
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#117 University of Vermont 1 + 1 + 1 3
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 + 1
#121 Iowa State University 1 + 1
#122 University of Kansas 1 + 1
#127 University of Kentucky 1 + 1 + 2
#127 DePaul University 1 + 1
#127 University of Dayton 1 + 1
#127 Seton Hall University 1 + 1 + 2
#136 Catholic University of America 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 + 1
#136 University of Tulsa 1 + 1
#148 University of Cincinnati 1 + 1
#148 University of Alabama 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#148 San Diego State University 1 + 1
#148 Duquesne University 1 + 1 + 2
Rutgers University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
Penn State University Park 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 1 + 1 + 3
College of William and Mary 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2023 2021 2016-2019 2016 2012-2015 Total
All schools 4 10 12 5 12
#3 Swarthmore College 1 1
#5 Wellesley College 1 + 1 2
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 5
#11 United States Military Academy 1 + 1
#11 Washington and Lee University 1 + 1 + 1 3
#17 Colgate University 1 + 1 + 2
#22 University of Richmond 1 + 1 + 1 3
#22 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 1 + 2
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 1 + 1 3
#38 Franklin & Marshall College 1 + 1 2
#38 Bucknell University 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 4
#42 Denison University 1 + 1
#42 Occidental College 1 + 1 2
#42 Thomas Aquinas College 1 + 1
#46 Trinity College 1 + 1
#50 The University of the South 1 + 1 + 1 3
#50 Dickinson College 1 + 1 + 2
#54 Gettysburg College 1 + 1 + 1 3
#62 Bard College 1 + 1 2

AP Scores

(2022)
Number of students took AP test
552
32%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(29)
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
Art History
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
Computer Science A
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Latin
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Music Theory
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Psychology
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture
Statistics
United States Government and Politics
United States History
Human Geography
Physics 1
Physics 2
European History
Studio Art: Drawing
German Language and Culture
Physics C: Mechanics
Comparative Government and Politics
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Sports

(20)
Baseball
Cheerleading
Crew
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
Baseball
Cheerleading
Crew
Cross Country
Dance
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Basketball
Diving
Ice Hockey
Swimming
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(52)
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CHEMISTRY CLUB，ALTAR SERVER CLUB，ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS CLUB ，AMERICAN SIGN
RADIO AND ENGINEERING CLUB，BBQ CLUB，BACKYARD SPORTS CLUB，BAKING FOR A CAUSE，BEST BUDDIES，BIOLOGY CLU
DEU (Diversity
Equity
and Unity) STUDENT COMMITTEE
DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CHEMISTRY CLUB，ALTAR SERVER CLUB，ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS CLUB ，AMERICAN SIGN
RADIO AND ENGINEERING CLUB，BBQ CLUB，BACKYARD SPORTS CLUB，BAKING FOR A CAUSE，BEST BUDDIES，BIOLOGY CLU
DEU (Diversity
Equity
and Unity) STUDENT COMMITTEE
DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
DJO IMMIGRATION CLUB
DJO KNIGHTS WHO KNIT (KNITTING and CRAFTS CLUB)
DJO MADRIGALS
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
FIAT CLUB
FLUTE CHOIR
FRENCH CLUB
FRENCH HONOR SOCIETY
GAME DESIGN CLUB
GAMING CLUB
GERMAN/CLUB HONOR SOCIETY
GOOD NEIGHBORS CLUB
GUITAR CLUB
HABESHA ETHIOPIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION
HISPANIC HERITAGE CLUB
ITALIAN-AMERICAN CLUB
IT’S ACADEMIC/QUIZ BOWL
KEYETTES
KNIGHTLINE DRUMLINE
KNIGHTS 4 LIFE/PRO-LIFE CLUB
KNIGHTS FOR THE NEEDY
KNIGHTS FOR TROOPS
LARGESSE
LATIN HONOR SOCIETY/LATIN CLUB
LEADERS IN NETWORKING KNIGHTS (LINK)
LIBRARY CLUB
LITTLE FLOWERS CLUB
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL CLUB
MODEL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MODEL UNITED NATIONS
MOUNTAIN BIKING CLUB (MTB)
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS HONOR SOCIETY - MU ALPHA THETA
O'CONNELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORCHESTRA CLUB
PEACE CLUB
PING PONG CLUB
PRAISE BAND
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CLUB
ROSARY CLUB
SCA (STUDENT COUNCIL ASSOCIATION) EXECUTIVE BOARD
SWING DANCE CLUB
TAYLOR SWIFT ASSOCIATION
TEENS AGAINST CANCER CLUB
YOUNG WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE CLUB
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Arts

(21)
Acting
Band
Choir
Chorus
Guitar
Jazz
Acting
Band
Choir
Chorus
Guitar
Jazz
Music
Music Theory
Piano
Singing
String
Symphony
Art History
Drawing
Film
Graphic Design
Photography
Textile
Video Production
Audio
Tech Theater
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Contact Info

https://www.bishopoconnell.org
6600 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22213
703-237-1400
admissions@bishopoconnell.org
Virginia

Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: 9-12
Urban
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1957
Religious Affiliation: Catholic

Application Info

Interview: Skype
Other Accepted Scores: SLEP
School Code:
TOEFL: 3412
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Frequently Ask Questions about Bishop O'Connell High School

Tell me a bit about Bishop O'Connell High School.
Bishop O'Connell High School is Co-ed private day school located in Virginia, US. It was founded 1957 , and currently has about 1150 students, 5.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit https://www.bishopoconnell.org.
Does Bishop O'Connell High School have rigorous academic requirements?
Bishop O'Connell High School is offering 29 AP courses.

Bishop O'Connell High School also have 81% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Bishop O'Connell High School students typically go for their colleges?
In 2023, some students attended University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, Dartmouth College and Washington University in St. Louis.
What is the application requirement for Bishop O'Connell High School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Bishop O'Connell High School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Bishop O'Connell High School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Bishop O'Connell High School in 2024 is $26,665 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@bishopoconnell.org .
Where is Bishop O'Connell High School located?
Bishop O'Connell High School is located in the State of Virginia of USA. The closest major city is Washington, which is about 7 miles away from school. Most families can choose Washington Dulles International Airport to travel in and out of school.
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Also it is highly recommended to visit Bishop O'Connell High School’s official site: https://www.bishopoconnell.org or call them at 703-237-1400.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Bishop O'Connell High School?
Yes, here are few: Congressional Schools Of Virginia, Potomac School and Trinity School At Meadow View.

The closest major city is Washington. You can find out more schools near Washington here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Bishop O'Connell High School?
The overall rating for Bishop O'Connell High School is B+.

The section ratings of Bishop O'Connell High School are:
B for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A+ for Extracurriculum
A+ for Community

Nearby City

Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, is a vibrant city located along the Potomac River, bordered by Maryland and Virginia. Known for its neoclassical monuments and buildings, the city is home to the iconic landmarks of the U.S. government, including the Capitol, White House, and Supreme Court. Washington also boasts renowned museums like the Smithsonian and cultural venues such as the Kennedy Center. As the nation’s political and cultural hub, it attracts millions of visitors each year to experience its rich history and diverse attractions.
Population (2022) 591,833
Cost of Living Higher than average 39%
Nearby Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

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