Aya Center
1 mi ✓ Maryland BOOST Scholarship Grades PreK-5 64 students 21.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Private elementary schools in Columbia, MD
22 in Columbia or within 6 miles. 4 are on the state’s BOOST list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
Tarbiyah Academy
5 mi ✓ Maryland BOOST Scholarship Grades K-8 176 students 7.7 students per teacher Islamic Co-ed
✓ Maryland BOOST Scholarship Grades PreK-8 190 students 12.8 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Maryland BOOST Scholarship Grades PreK-8 445 students 14.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Julia Brown School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-3 44 students 14.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
The Mandala School
under 1 mi Grades K-8 51 students 7.7 students per teacher Other religious Alternative Co-ed
Atholton Adventist Academy
under 1 mi Grades PreK-12 206 students 11.8 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
Journey School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-7 31 students 2.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Columbia Academy
2 mi Grades K-8 173 students 8.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Grades PreK-1 Under 10 K-12 students Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Spartek Academy
3 mi Grades K-9 21 students 11.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed
The Goddard School
3 mi Grades PreK-Transitional K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-1 37 students 9.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades 5-12 51 students 7.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
St. Louis School
5 mi Grades PreK-8 497 students 15.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Christian (nondenominational) Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 201 students 11.2 students per teacher Assembly of God Co-ed
Grades PreK-5 168 students 8.8 students per teacher Episcopal Co-ed
Trinity School
5 mi Grades PreK-8 212 students 9.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
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What Maryland pays
Maryland BOOST Scholarship Scholarship
$1,200 to $4,750 in 2025-26, plus $3,000 for high school students These are 2025-26 amounts. The advisory board sets new amounts each summer and had not posted 2026-27 figures in writing when we checked. The larger awards go to students coming from public school on free meals. Students receiving special education services got an extra award equal to their base award.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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