Washington International School

Washington International School
Tregaron Campus in 2016
Address
Map
1690 36th Street NW

20007

United States
Coordinates38°56′02″N 77°03′42″W / 38.9338°N 77.0617°W / 38.9338; -77.0617
Information
TypeIndependent
Established1966 (58 years ago) (1966)
CEEB code090226
Head of schoolSuzanna Jemsby
Faculty90 full-time, 14 part-time
Enrollment905 day
Student to teacher ratio8.2:1
MascotRed Devils
NewspaperThe International Dateline
Websitewww.wis.edu

The Washington International School (abbreviated as WIS; Spanish: Colegio Internacional de Washington; French: École Internationale de Washington) is a private international school in Washington, DC.

Established in 1966, WIS was the first school in the Washington area to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.[1]

The school has two campuses: the primary school (grades PK–5) in Georgetown, and the middle and upper school (grades 6–12) in Cleveland Park. The middle and upper school campus is located on the grounds of Marjorie Merriweather Post's Tregaron Estate.

The Washington International School's upper school was ranked as the 73rd most challenging high school in the country and the most challenging high school in the Washington, D.C., area by the Washington Post's "Ranking America's most challenging high schools" article in 2016.[2][3] Popular school ranking website Niche listed it as the eighth best private high school in the D.C. area.

  1. ^ "Colleges Attended". Washington International School. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Ranking America's Most Challenging High Schools" The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Washington International School" The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 September 2013.