Christchurch School
★ Founded 1921; Episcopal; 255 students in Grades 9-12 from more than 15 US states and 30 countries; 7:1 student-teacher ratio; a 125-acre waterfront campus on the Rappahannock River; Honors and Dual Enrollment courses; a national championship team sailing programme; member of TABS, NAIS, VAIS and the Episcopal Schools AssociationCheck accreditation yourself
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An Episcopal boarding school for Grades 9-12 on a 125-acre waterfront campus on the Rappahannock River in Virginia, founded in 1921. 255 students from more than 30 countries — Vietnam among them — with a 7:1 ratio and a national championship sailing programme. International tuition for 2026-27 is USD 74,400 and the school runs multiple levels of ESL.
- The school's own international page lists Vietnam among the countries its students come from — alongside China, Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico, Nigeria and Spain. Of the fifteen schools in this group it is one of only two that names Vietnam explicitly.
- Tuition 2026-27 as published: international USD 74,400, boarding USD 71,000, day USD 30,300. The international premium is about USD 3,400, which is at the lower end of this group.
- It publishes a real English number, which almost nobody else in this group does: 'Applicants with a TOEFL score of 85 or above are in the strongest position for admission.' Note the exact wording — that is a description of a strong application, not a stated cut-off, so a lower score is not automatically fatal. But it tells you what to aim at, and that is more than most schools will say.
- ESL is not a bolt-on here: the school offers multiple levels of ESL coursework integrated into the academic programme, so that a student builds language without falling behind in subjects.
- The application list is long and specific: the online application and USD 100 fee, student and parent questionnaires, maths and English teacher recommendations, a school administrator recommendation, transcripts with standardised testing, a TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo report, an interview with the student and family, and a psychoeducational evaluation if applying to the Learning Skills Program.
- Support is named rather than implied: faculty advisors meet students daily, the ESL department supervises, and there is an International Student Coordinator as a point of contact.
- The 125-acre campus sits on the water and the sailing programme has won national championships — a genuinely distinctive activity for a student application, and one very few schools anywhere can offer.
- The school states that nine in ten graduates earn a place at a college ranked among the Princeton Review's best. That is the school's own claim; ask how the cohort is defined before relying on it.
The USD 74,400 / 71,000 / 30,300 tuition and the USD 4 million annual assistance budget were read directly on christchurchschool.org on 17 September 2026 at /admission/tuition-fees. The 'TOEFL 85 or above are in the strongest position' wording, the document list, the USD 100 fee, the multi-level ESL description, the country list INCLUDING VIETNAM and the international support description come from /admission/international-students. The 1921 founding, enrolment of 255, the Grades 9-12 range, the 125 acres, the 'more than 15 states and 30 countries' figure and the TABS/NAIS/VAIS/Episcopal Schools memberships come from /about; the 7:1 ratio from the home page. NOT FOUND: application deadlines, the boarding/day split, the average class size, the share of students receiving aid and the average award, and whether ESL carries a separate fee. The 'nine in ten graduates' figure is the school's own claim. Tuition changes from year to year.
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Christchurch School sits in the High tuition band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for the program you choose during consultation. The school states it maintains a tuition assistance budget of USD 4 million each year, and — this is the part worth noticing — that an award can cover books, health insurance and other expenses, not tuition alone. For an international family those side costs are precisely where budgets break, so an award structured that way is worth more than the same number applied to tuition only. The school does not publish what share of students receive aid or the average award, so ask for both..
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Where is Christchurch School located?
Christchurch School is located in Christchurch, Virginia, United States, a private boarding school.
What are the tuition and scholarships at Christchurch School?
Tuition sits in the "High" band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for your chosen program during consultation. The school states it maintains a tuition assistance budget of USD 4 million each year, and — this is the part worth noticing — that an award can cover books, health insurance and other expenses, not tuition alone. For an international family those side costs are precisely where budgets break, so an award structured that way is worth more than the same number applied to tuition only. The school does not publish what share of students receive aid or the average award, so ask for both..
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