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Grades 6-12 | Washington DC | Bold Possibilities | Balanced Approach
FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2025-26:

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DATE ITEM SYSTEM
Sept. 9, 2025 Application opens Ravenna
January 10, 2025 Application Form, including fee and parent statement Ravenna
January 10, 2025 Preliminary Financial Aid Form Google Form
January 24, 2025 Supplemental Materials:
current report card, student short answers, standardized assessment scores,* educational testing (when applicable)		 Ravenna
January 31, 2025 Financial Aid Application Clarity
March 7, 2025 Round I Notification Ravenna / email
March 21, 2025 Deposit Deadline

(*) Generally, students can submit any school-based standardized test or a secondary school entrance exam, including: SSAT, ISEE, HSPT, DC CAPE, MCAP, SOL, MAP, STARR, ERB, PSAT, SAT, and TOEFL. More details available here.

Expansion Years at Burke

Burke welcomes applications for 6th-11th grade. The following grades are considered "expansion years" (or "entry years"), when we expect the size of the grade to increase:

  • 6th grade - all students are new
  • 7th grade
  • 9th grade - class roughly doubles in size
  • 10th grade

* Please note: while we are accepting applications for 8th grade for fall 2025 entry, we expect spaces to be extremely limited due to a large current 7th grade. 
Among 2024-25 Burke students:

65% live in the District
29% live in Maryland
6% live in Virginia
Among NEW Burke students in 2024-25:

46% are from public schools
48% are from private & parochial schools
6% are from international schools

List of 4 members.

  • Photo of Elizabeth Paladino

    Elizabeth Paladino 

    Interim Director of Enrollment Management & Financial Aid
    Haverford College - B.A.
    Suffolk University - M.Ed.
    Began at Burke: 2012
  • Photo of Shala Goolsby

    Shala Goolsby 

    Admissions and Enrollment Services Coordinator
    Univ. of the District of Columbia - B.A.
    Began at Burke: 2010
  • Photo of Domotá Byrd

    Domotá Byrd 

    Assistant Director of Enrollment Management & Outreach / Volleyball Coach
    Hood College - B.A
    Began at Burke: 2023
  • Photo of Supriya Kotagal

    Supriya Kotagal 

    Director of Auxiliary Programs / Admissions Associate
    Emory University - B.A.
    Pace University - M.S.T.
    Began at Burke: 2024
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