Maryland International Day School vs Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School

	M Maryland International Day School Washington Dc, United States	W Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School Washington Dc, United States
Snapshot	Snapshot
Fees / year	Fees / year $15,550	Fees / year $0 - 24,104
Age range	Age range 3 - 14 years	Age range 3 - 11 years
Type	Type Co-educational	Type Co-educational
Curriculum	Curriculum Bespoke Curriculum	Curriculum IB (PYP), Bespoke Curriculum
Pupils	Pupils —	Pupils 701
Typical class size	Typical class size —	Typical class size 15
Instruction language	Instruction language Spanish, English	Instruction language Mandarin, English
Opened	Opened 2001	Opened 2008
Bus service	Bus service No	Bus service No
Essentials	Essentials
Location	Location 10900 Indian Head Highway, Fort Washington, MD 20744. The school is in Prince George's County, Maryland. The campus sits on Indian Head Highway, a main roadway in the Fort Washington area.	Location Two campuses in Washington, DC: Elementary Campus at 220 Taylor Street NE and Early Years Campus at 4350 First Street NE, DC 20017. The campuses are in Ward 5, near the Brookland-CUA Metro station.
Stages	Stages Early Learning (Pre-K–Kindergarten); Lower School (Grades 1–4); Middle School (Grades 5–8)	Stages PK3–5
School type	School type private Spanish-immersion K–8 school	School type Public Charter School
Pupil nationality mix	Pupil nationality mix —	Pupil nationality mix —
Additional learning support	Additional learning support —	Additional learning support Special education services and English Language Learner support are provided.
Country affiliation	Country affiliation —	Country affiliation —
Religious affiliation	Religious affiliation —	Religious affiliation —
School day structure	School day structure Drop-off begins at 7:30 a.m. and the school day starts at 8:30 a.m. Dismissal is 2:30 p.m. for Pre-K and 4:00 p.m. for other students, with morning care from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. and aftercare from 4:15 to 6:30 p.m.	School day structure School hours are 8:05 a.m.–3:40 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:05 a.m.–1:05 p.m. on Friday. Extended hours run from 7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. before school and 3:40 p.m.–5:45 p.m. after school on MTWTh (and 1:05 p.m.–5:45 p.m. on Fridays).
Bus service details	Bus service details —	Bus service details Bus service via DDOT route D74 (Brookland-CUA).
Fees	Fees
Fee details	Fee details Application fees - Application fee: No application, registration, or enrollment-deposit amount is published publicly on the school's Tuition & Fees or Admissions pages. Tuition fees (by year group and per term) - Annual tuition (published figure for the 2025–2026 academic year): USD 15,550 per student. This annual tuition applies to students across the school's grade range (Pre‑K through Grade 8). - Per‑term / per‑installment amounts: The school does not publish a per‑term or per‑grade breakdown of the USD 15,550 annual tuition on its public Tuition & Fees or Admissions pages; only the single annual tuition figure is published. No separate tuition schedule by individual year groups is published. Billing schedule and payment terms - Billing schedule and formal payment terms (for example: payment dates, due dates, required deposits, late fees, or available installment schedules) are not published on the public Tuition & Fees or Admissions pages. The publicly available information lists only the annual tuition amount and available tuition discounts. Boarding fees - Boarding: Not applicable. Maryland International Day School is a day school (Spanish‑immersion K–8 day school); no boarding program or boarding fees are published. Other costs or fees (uniforms, aftercare, activities, etc.) - Uniforms: Students are required to wear uniforms. The school requires families to purchase uniforms after admission, but uniform prices are not published on the public Admissions/FAQs pages. - Before & Aftercare: The school provides before‑ and after‑school care. Before care and aftercare are billed daily and specific hours are published (Morning care: 8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m.; Aftercare: 4:15 p.m.–6:30 p.m.), but per‑day or per‑term rates for these programs are not published on the public pages. After‑school activities (e.g., robotics, music, sports) are offered for an additional fee, but specific activity fees are not published. - Additional or incidental fees (for example: activity fees, materials fees, transportation, field trips, instrument rentals): no publicly published dollar amounts for these items appear on the public Tuition & Fees or Admissions pages. - Tuition discounts and scholarships: A sibling discount of USD 1,000 is published for each additional enrolled student. Military scholarships are noted as available to support military families. Refund information - The school's public Tuition & Fees and FAQs pages do not publish specific refund policies (for example: refunds for withdrawal, pro‑rata refunds, or refund deadlines). No publicly posted refund terms are available on those pages. Fee payment options - Specific accepted payment methods (for example: credit card types, ACH/bank transfer, check, wire transfer, or third‑party payment processors) are not listed on the public Tuition & Fees or Admissions pages. The public information does not specify which payment channels are accepted. Summary of published / unavailable items - Published, verifiable items: Annual tuition for 2025–2026 is USD 15,550 per student; a USD 1,000 sibling discount and military scholarships are published; the school operates a day program (Pre‑K–8), requires uniforms, and offers before/aftercare billed daily. - Items not published publicly (no dollar amounts or schedules found on the school's Tuition & Fees, Admissions, FAQs, or public enrollment pages): application fee amount, enrollment/registration deposit amount, per‑term tuition breakdown, per‑grade or per‑program tuition differentiation, detailed billing schedule and payment deadlines, formal refund policy language with dollar examples, uniform pricing, per‑day or per‑term rates for before/aftercare, activity/program fee amounts, and the list of accepted payment methods. If you require the published annual tuition figure and the items explicitly listed above in a single authoritative quote for database entry, the single published annual tuition for 2025–2026 is USD 15,550 per student, with a USD 1,000 sibling discount and military scholarship support noted.	Fee details Application fees - There is no application fee charged by Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School for entry; all new applications are submitted through the My School DC common lottery system (no per-school application charge). Tuition fees (by year group / school year) - For District of Columbia resident students attending Washington Yu Ying PCS: there is no tuition and no mandatory school attendance fee; the school is a public charter school and does not charge tuition or mandatory payments for DC resident enrollment. - For non-resident students (i.e., students who are not DC residents) a non-resident tuition charge may apply. The OSSE Nonresident Tuition Payment Scale for school year 2025–2026 (used where applicable) lists annual non-resident tuition amounts by grade group as follows: 2025–2026 rates — Pre-K3: USD 20,194; Pre-K4 & Kindergarten: USD 19,591; Grades 1–5: USD 15,070; Grades 6–8: USD 16,276; Grades 9–12: USD 18,385. For public charter schools an additional facilities fee applies (USD 3,850 for SY 2025–2026). These non-resident and facilities amounts are billed in addition to any applicable program-specific charges for students who qualify as non-residents. (If 2026–2027 OSSE nonresident rates are needed, those should be checked when published; the figures above are the OSSE SY 2025–2026 schedule.) Per-term / per-year detail - DC resident students: Annual tuition per student = USD 0 (no per-term tuition). Mandatory per-term or per-year tuition charges are not assessed for DC resident students. - Non-resident students: the OSSE schedule above is expressed as an annual amount by grade band (annual total). Where charged, the OSSE annual total and the charter facilities fee are the baseline tuition-related amounts; billing frequency (term/month) for non-resident invoicing follows the enrollment agreement and OSSE/authorizer billing procedures. Billing schedule and payment terms - There is no school tuition billing for DC resident students. - Optional and program fees (for example: before- and after-care, paid meals for non-eligible students, and fee-based extracurricular activities or individual field trips) are billed separately from enrollment and are collected by the responsible program or vendor. Washington Yu Ying uses the REEF aftercare registration system for before/after-school care and E-Funds for lunch and fee payments; those systems manage their own registration and billing schedules and payment terms. Before- and after-care is offered on a sliding-scale / voucher basis when eligible; families are billed according to the vendor's published schedule when they register for those services. Parents should expect program-level billing (monthly or per-session) for aftercare and per-event billing for optional activities. Boarding / residential fees - Washington Yu Ying PCS does not operate a boarding program. Boarding fees are not applicable. Other costs and optional fees - School uniform: Not required. There is no mandatory uniform fee. - Meals: Breakfast is provided free to all students through the federal School Breakfast Program; paid lunch or snacks for families who do not qualify for free/reduced benefits are managed through the school's meal program and paid via the school's lunch payment system. Families should complete the Free and Reduced Meal (FARM) application if they believe they qualify for reduced or free meals. Meal charges, when applicable, are billed through the school's lunch payment system. - Aftercare / extended-day programs: Before- and after-school care is offered and is fee-based; fees are charged and collected through the school's aftercare vendor/registration system (REEF/EZChildTrack) and are subject to that vendor's rates and payment rules. Sliding-scale and voucher options are noted as available. - Field trips and voluntary activities: The school may charge fees for voluntary activities such as field trips or certain enrichment programs; such charges are activity-specific and billed separately when those activities occur. - Other incidental fees: The school maintains an online payments link for lunch and miscellaneous school fee payments (E-Funds). Any incidental or optional fee assessed to a family (for example, lost-library materials, optional program supplies, or community-event tickets) would be billed through the school's established fee-payment channels. Refund information - There is no tuition to refund for DC resident students. Refund practices for optional, paid programs (aftercare, paid lunches, field trips, enrichment classes) are determined by the specific program or payment vendor and by the school's program policies; families should follow the refund and cancellation policies published by the program provider at the time of registration for that program. Examples of the program vendors used for billing at the school include REEF (aftercare) and E-Funds (lunch & fees payments). Fee payment options - Online payment through the school's E-Funds Lunch & Fees Payments portal is used for meal and miscellaneous fee payments. - Before- and after-care registration and payment are processed through the REEF / EZChildTrack parent portal. Payment methods available there include the portal's accepted online payment methods (as provided by that vendor at registration). - For non-resident tuition billing, invoicing and permitted payment methods follow OSSE/authorizer billing procedures for out-of-district tuition (as applicable). Summary (key points for parents) - Washington Yu Ying PCS does not charge tuition or mandatory attendance fees for DC resident students; there is no per-term or per-year tuition to be paid by resident families. - Non-resident students may be billed OSSE's nonresident tuition by grade band plus a charter facilities fee (the OSSE SY 2025–2026 schedule provides the most recent published example of those amounts). - Optional services (aftercare, paid meals for non-eligible families, field trips, enrichment) have separate fees and are billed through the program vendors (REEF, E-Funds, etc.). Sliding-scale and voucher help for aftercare is available where eligible. If you need a single-line summary for a database entry: “Washington Yu Ying PCS: No tuition or mandatory fees for DC residents; non-resident tuition may apply per OSSE non-resident schedule (e.g., SY25–26 rates) plus charter facilities fee; optional paid programs (aftercare, meals, field trips) billed separately via REEF/E-Funds.”
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Academics	Academics
Curriculum details	Curriculum details The Maryland International Day School is a private K-8 Spanish-immersion school in Prince George's County, Fort Washington, MD, with daily Spanish immersion and it is the county's only independent Spanish-immersion private school. In Early Learning (Pre-K through Kindergarten), the program offers full Spanish immersion to build early language fluency, with inquiry-based learning and Core Knowledge foundations in literacy, math, and world awareness. Lower School (Grades 1-4) uses dual-language instruction to deepen fluency in Spanish and English, along with Core Knowledge-based academics, inquiry-driven projects, and global awareness. Middle School (Grades 5-8) provides advanced bilingual instruction, rigorous academics rooted in Core Knowledge, and an emphasis on leadership, critical thinking, and real-world application for a global perspective. Experiential Learning includes field trips across the Washington, DC area and international study-abroad experiences to immerse students in Spanish-speaking cultures.	Curriculum details The school uses the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) within an immersive Chinese-English model. PK3 and PK4 have 100% Mandarin instruction with no English classroom instruction. Kindergarten and Grade 1 have Mandarin instruction for all subjects with 75% Mandarin and 25% English in core subjects, and English Language Arts is taught for 180 days. Grades 2–5 have a 50/50 Mandarin-English model with all subjects taught through 90 days Mandarin and 90 days English, delivered on an every-other-day language model.
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Wellbeing & support	Wellbeing & support
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English as an additional language	English as an additional language —	English as an additional language —
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Cultural & language	Cultural & language —	Cultural & language —
Social & hobbies	Social & hobbies —	Social & hobbies —
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Leadership & professional	Leadership & professional —	Leadership & professional —
Lifestyle & wellbeing	Lifestyle & wellbeing —	Lifestyle & wellbeing —
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Admissions	Admissions
Admissions	Admissions :{	Admissions To enroll, families apply through the My School DC lottery. Yu Ying participates in the My School DC common application and common lottery, which means only applications submitted through My School DC are accepted. New students must complete the Yu Ying online registration form via PowerSchool (you'll receive instructions in a separate email) and submit a copy of the child's birth certificate. You must also submit the DC Residency Form and proof of DC residency via DocuSign; the DocuSign message will include instructions on online completion and document attachment. Before the first day of school, submit additional forms including the DC Universal Health Certificate, the DC Oral Health Assessment Form, up-to-date immunizations, and any applicable Medical Dietary Accommodations Form or Milk Substitution and Philosophical Dietary Accommodations Form; provide an IEP if applicable. Immunizations must be current to attend in person. Siblings of current Yu Ying and DCI students may receive enrollment preference if they live with the current student in Washington, DC and are related by blood or adoption, or are a step-sibling. Equitable Access Preference: Yu Ying is open to all and sets aside seats for at-risk students (homeless, in DC foster care, or eligible for government benefits such as SNAP or TANF) to improve their chances of matching with Yu Ying when they select the school as a top choice in the My School DC lottery. The page notes a helpful My School DC lottery video and provides an “Apply Now” link for the process.
Scholarships	Scholarships The Maryland International Day School is a private Spanish-immersion K–8 school in Prince George's County.	Scholarships —
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