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Why Oakcrest?
We offer an educational experience uniquely designed for the way girls learn, grow, and flourish.
An Education Designed for Girls
For fifty years, Oakcrest has focused on one thing: educating girls. We believe that young women deserve an education intentionally designed for the way they learn, grow, and flourish. Rooted in the Catholic understanding of the human person, our approach recognizes both the dignity and the uniqueness of every girl.
Many women are called to various roles at different times in their lives, and sometimes simultaneously. Every vocation is noble. Every calling is worthy.
Rather than educating girls toward one cultural ideal of success, Oakcrest seeks to educate each student to become the woman she is uniquely called to be.
That kind of formation can only happen through a deeply personalized education—one that emphasizes relationship, vocation, and freedom.
Educating in Relationship
Girls flourish when they are known.
At Oakcrest, education is deeply personal. Teachers become mentors, classrooms become communities, and friendships become part of the educational experience. Every student is seen, challenged, encouraged, and loved.
Our faculty know that relationships are not separate from learning—they are essential to it.
A Culture of Calling
Young women receive countless messages about who they should become. At Oakcrest, we invite students to ask a different question:
Who is God calling me to be?
Whether a student’s future leads her to medicine, motherhood, engineering, education, business, or any other profession, our role is not to choose her path—it is to help her discover it.
Every vocation is honored. Every calling is encouraged.
Freedom to Grow
An all-girls environment gives students the freedom to discover their gifts, talents, aptitudes, and grow into capable and strong young women.
Without many of the social pressures present in coeducational settings, girls are more willing to ask questions, take intellectual risks, embrace leadership roles, and explore new interests.
Surrounded by trusted mentors and authentic friendships, they are free to experience each stage of growing into womanhood with confidence, joy, and purpose.
The research reflects what we’ve seen in our classrooms for fifty years.
Graduates from all-girls schools report greater confidence in their academic ability, mathematics, writing, and public speaking than graduates of coeducational schools.
More likely to consider majors in STEM fields than girls from coeducational schools.
Of girls’ school graduates have held leadership positions since graduating from high school.
Of graduates from all-girls schools rate their public speaking ability highly, compared with 39% of graduates from coeducational schools.
Of graduates feel highly confident using technical science skills compared with 42% of coeducational peers.
Of graduates from all-girls schools frequently explore topics on their own, even when not required, compared to 39% of coeducational graduates.
Of graduates from all-girls schools report frequently participating in volunteer work, compared to 47% of graduates from coeducational schools.
What Every Oakie Receives
An Education of Depth
A rigorous liberal arts curriculum with premium educational facilities that forms confident thinkers, articulate and purposeful communicators, and lifelong learners.
A Mentor Who Knows Her
Every student has a faculty or staff mentor who walks alongside her throughout her Oakcrest journey.
A Community That Forms Her
True and lasting sisterhood built through intentionally forged traditions, positive friendships, and shared experiences of joy and adventure.
A Foundation for Faith
Daily opportunities to encounter and develop a personal relationship with God.
Every Oakie Parent Receives
Continued Formation in Parenting
Oakcrest provides a wealth of parent support events and resources from educational experts.
A Partnership in Education
Your daughter’s mentor and teachers will work closely with you to share insights, establish goals, and support her academic, personal, and spiritual growth.
A Community of Mission-Aligned Families
Build lasting friendships with families who share your commitment to raising daughters of virtue and purpose.
Opportunities to Grow in Faith
Daily opportunities to pray, learn, and grow in faith alongside your daughter.
Frequently Asked Questions
1619 Crowell Rd., Vienna, VA 22182
Grades 6–12
Oakcrest is guided by the teachings of the Catholic Church and the spirituality of Opus Dei. Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church that provides guidance for the doctrinal and spiritual formation offered at Oakcrest.
No, Oakcrest is open to mission-aligned families coming from any faith background.
Oakcrest is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS/CASI) and the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CSS). Oakcrest is a member of the Virginia Council for Private Education (VCPE) and the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA).
Each student has a female faculty or staff mentor who meets with her regularly in one-on-one meetings. Mentors work in partnership with students’ parents, and students can seek out their mentors for advice and encouragement any time.
The size of each grade varies, ranging from 32 to 55 students.
Oakcrest has an average class size of 16 students.
Our graduates have a 100% college acceptance rate. Our full-time college counselor helps students and families navigate the college search, selection, and application process from start to finish.
Oakcrest offers both competitive athletic and robust fine arts programs, as well as over 50 student clubs and service initiative projects.
The school day begins at 7:50 am and ends at 3:00 pm.
Yes, Oakcrest’s bus service serves students around the DMV.
Yes, Oakcrest offers lunch service daily from Gregorio’s Trattoria and Chick-fil-A.