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Jewish Day Schools in Gaithersburg, Maryland
If you're researching Jewish day schools in Gaithersburg, Maryland, this page is a starting point. We list 1 school that public records confirm is active. For a matched shortlist based on your grade, location, and community preferences, use our matching quiz.
Schools tagged with a distance are in nearby cities that families in Gaithersburg also consider. Distances are approximate, measured from the center of the Gaithersburg eruv.
Nearby, nearest first: Charles E Smith Jewish Day School (2 mi) · Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School - Lower School (2 mi) · Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Upper School Campus (3 mi) · Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington (4 mi) · Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy (4 mi) · She'arim High School (4 mi) · Sulam School (4 mi) · Ashreinu School for Girls Inc. (7 mi).
1 early childhood · 1 elementary schools · 1 high schools · 4 combined k–12 schools · 2 other jewish schools
Schools in Gaithersburg, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Early Childhood (Preschool & Kindergarten) · 1 school
Programs serving preschool and kindergarten-age children, often as standalone early childhood centers or the youngest grades of a larger school.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 1 school
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School - Lower School
About 2 mi away · Rockville
Grades: K - 6th
Public record
High Schools (9–12) · 1 school
Schools serving grades 9 through 12, including yeshivas, mesivtas, Bais Yaakov high schools, and Modern Orthodox and community high schools.
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Upper School Campus
About 3 mi away · Rockville
Grades: 7th - 12th
Public record
Combined K–12 Schools · 4 schools
Schools that serve students from kindergarten (or preschool) all the way through grade 12 under one roof.
Co-ed
Charles E Smith Jewish Day School
About 2 mi away · Rockville
PK-12·Co-ed
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2023
Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy
About 4 mi away · Rockville
PK-12·Co-ed
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2023
Girls
Ashreinu School for Girls Inc.
About 7 mi away · Silver Spring
1-9·Girls
NCES 2023-24 · IRS 990 FY2022
Gender mix not specified
Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington
About 4 mi away · Rockville
Grades: PK - 12th
Public record
Other Jewish Schools · 2 schools
Schools in our directory where we don't yet have a structured grade range on file.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
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About Jewish education in Maryland
Maryland — and Baltimore in particular — supports one of the largest and oldest yeshivish communities in the country, anchored by Ner Israel-affiliated schools and a large Bais Yaakov network. Maryland also hosts significant Modern Orthodox and pluralistic day schools in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.
A year in Gaithersburg
🌸 Spring Mar–May
65° / 43°
Long sleeves or a light jacket
Comfortable
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
88° / 67°
Shorts and short sleeves
Humid
Sweat stays on you, so shade gives little relief.
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
70° / 48°
Long sleeves or a light jacket
Comfortable
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
45° / 29°
Winter coat
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 82°F, lows about 60°F, humidity about 69%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 82°F, lows about 60°F, humidity about 69%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 71°F, lows about 49°F, humidity about 73%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 47°F, lows about 30°F, humidity about 84%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 42°F, lows about 27°F, humidity about 83%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 56°F, lows about 34°F, humidity about 77%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 66°F, lows about 43°F, humidity about 73%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 74°F, lows about 53°F, humidity about 74%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 92°F, lows about 70°F, humidity about 64%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Gaithersburg, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Gaithersburg
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$604,500
$324 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$2,224 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$6,247 /yr
💵 Household income
$125,950
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 20850, 20851, 20852, 20878, 20886, covering the eruv on file, plus the areas around its congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 20852 $453,700 · 20878 $757,250 · 20850 $604,500 · 20886 $404,500 · 20851 $637,500. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $665,200. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Tuition by grade
- Elementary $8,630–$39,380 · 2 schools
- Middle school $26,575–$43,000 · 2 schools
- High school $15,000–$43,000 · 2 schools
Published rates for 2025–26 and 2026–27 at the schools above, before aid. Bars run from $0 to $60,000. See what you would pay after aid →
Maryland: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
State taxes income
Maryland
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $4,750
Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today. Household income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level (the USDA Free and Reduced-Price Meals eligibility limit).
🏛️ Federal credit
Undecided
Has not decided whether to opt in to the federal credit.
Program details checked 2026-08-17.
Homeschooling in Maryland
Notice
Home instruction is overseen by your local school system or by a registered nonpublic school or church-operated ministry that supervises it.
Testing or review
With the school system, you keep a portfolio that is reviewed about once a semester, and a representative may observe instruction at an agreed time.
Locally
Review calendars and forms are set by each local school system.
Checked 2026-10-27 against Maryland State Department of Education. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Gaithersburg
Congregations in and around Gaithersburg, nearest first, measured from the center of the Gaithersburg eruv. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
- Young Israel Of Potomac 0.3 mi
- Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah 0.4 mi
- Washington Hebrew Congregation - Julia Bindeman Suburban Center 1.3 mi
- Congregation Har Shalom 1.4 mi
- B'nai Israel Congregation 2.2 mi
- Congregation B'nai Tzedek 2.4 mi
- Jewish Rockville Outreach Center (JewishROC) 2.4 mi
- Aish Center of Greater Washington 2.5 mi
See all synagogues and the Jewish community in Gaithersburg →
Other cities in Maryland with Jewish schools
Baltimore (23) · Owings Mills (9) · Silver Spring (8) · Rockville (7) · Pikesville (6) · Columbia (3)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Gaithersburg, Maryland
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?