Keswick School (Top-Ranked Private School for 2026)

500 Little Keswick Ln
Keswick, VA 22947

Keswick School has been serving boys with moderately severe social/emotional challenges and learning disabilities for 60 years. Our small therapeutic school provides warm and nurturing relationships, intensive clinical intervention, and individualized education to 35 boys in a highly structured environment that ensures that they develop successfully.

We encourage family involvement so that students may carry over positive behavior to the home environment as well as that of the community to which the student is intended to return.

Boys between ten and fifteen years of age are admitted from throughout the country, to work on issues related to executive functioning, social and relationship challenges (neuro-developmental, dynamic, or experiential in nature), collaboration, personal competence, and learning issues. Intellectual levels of our students range from low-average to superior.

Depending on their continuing clinical and educational needs, students may stay through their seventeenth year, with most requiring two years of immersion in our therapeutic community to attain the gains necessary for a successful transition.

Quick Facts (2026)

Top-Ranked VA School
School Type: Special Education School
Grades: 4-12
Enrollment: 35 students
Average class size: 7 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: Verified school update

Top Rankings

Keswick School ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Virginia for:

School Overview

School Type

Special Education School

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

Other school association(s)

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades 4-12

ADD/ADHD Support

Yes

Learning Difference Programs

Yes

Learning Programs Supported

all

Year Founded

1963

Summer School Offered

Yes

Student Body

Total Students

35 students

Student Body Type

All-boys

% Students of Color

10%

State avg.: 31%

Academics and Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

5 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

7:1

National avg.: 13:1

Average Class Size

7 students

Classroom Dress Code

Casual

khaki pants, collared shirt

Tuition and Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Tuition Notes

Tuition is year round (including summer) not including realted services which include Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Art Therapy.

Summer Program Cost Notes

Summer is part of the school year and required for all students.

% on Financial Aid

25%

Average Financial Aid Grant

$25,000

Admissions Director

Melissa Dagitz

Admissions Associate

Tom Rigg

Sports

Total Sports Offered

7 sports

Sports

BasketballFlag Football

KayakingMountain Biking

Rock ClimbingSoccer

Swimming

Extracurriculars

Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.

10 extracurriculars

ExtracurricularsExtra-curric.

Club or Organization:

Art ClassBoy Scouts

CampingCanoeing

Disc GolfFishing

Gardening and more.Hiking

Horseback RidingWood Shop

School Notes

Boys accepted usually carry a combination of the following or related diagnoses: Attention Deficit or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Specific Learning Disabilities, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Tourette's Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. The school does not accept severely emotionally disturbed children who have been in conflict with the law, have a drug abuse history, or who have sustained patterns of physical aggression. Our boys tend to be gentler and less sophisticated or worldly. Our students participate in individual, group and family therapies provided by our therapists. We have two experienced Ph.D. level Psychologists, as well as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and our Consulting Child Psychiatrist, who also manages pharmacology for all of the students. Individual, integrated, and group occupational therapy, integrated speech and communications therapy, and art therapy are optional services. A five week summer session is required for all students. A wide array of residential activities are offered, including: horseback riding, woodshop, Boy Scouts, climbing club, athletics, swimming, hiking, creative arts, and optional music instruction.

Source: Verified school update

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