As one of Virginia’s leading independent schools, Carlisle School transforms curious minds into great leaders. With approximately 350 students, the school blends the intimacy of a safe and positive family atmosphere with exceptional academic and cultural opportunities usually found only at larger schools.
In the Admissions Office, our goal is to ensure that your family gets to know our school. We invite you to tour our campus, meet our talented faculty and staff, experience our classrooms, and explore the opportunities for the arts and athletics so that you may understand what we are achieving at Carlisle School.
We are hopeful that your experiences will lead you to join the Carlisle School family. Come share the opportunity expressed in our motto: LEAD. EXCEL. SUCCEED.
“[Transferring to Carlisle] is the best decision we could have made for our boys. Our Chandler has flourished so much. As a parent, nothing makes my heart happier than to feel we made the right move for our child.”
Mandy Horsley
Mom to Chandler & Tanner
“Carlisle is important to me because the education given is beyond a typical private school. It is the dream of how education should be, and the character/moral education is helping me raise my daughter into a human being I am so proud of all the way through.”
Michelle Bloomer
Mom to Chloe
“Our 3rd grader was struggling with virtual learning, she was getting behind in reading and writing. We made the move to Carlisle mid-year; in just five weeks she has made dramatic improvements academically. It is amazing the excitement she now has for reading and writing. Everyone is so kind, she has made friends quickly and absolutely loves her teacher. School is not a chore anymore!”
Katherine Hall
Mom to Hunter & Emma
“My daughter is thriving at Carlisle School. Small classes and excellent teachers make for a safe and secure learning environment. She is challenged academically and allowed to progress according to her learning style and ability. The most important part is the love and the strong sense of family that is so apparent here.”
Susan Henderson
Mom to Tali
“Carlisle prepared me not only for Virginia Tech but law school and my legal career. I know I wouldn’t be where I am now if it weren’t for the teachers who cared so much about me and my success.”
Manisha P. Patel, Esq.
Class of 2004 Alumna
“I’ve had the privilege of getting to know Carlisle school through two different perspectives, one as a faculty member and more recently as a parent. I have come to think less of it as a job and more as an intellectual opportunity. It has provided me with a great educational foundation that I want for my own children. In fact, we enrolled our daughter in the preschool program this year and it was a decision that has validated our feelings about the Carlisle Experience.”