page_title: Emerson Preparatory School
section_title: Locations
hierarchical_section_title: Emerson Preparatory School / Locations
caption_attribution_description: English: Emerson 1852 Room
context_page_description: Emerson Preparatory School is a small private high school in Northwest Washington, D.C., founded in 1852 as the Emerson Institute. It is Washington's oldest co-ed college preparatory school.
  Following World War II, Emerson adopted its current academic program providing classes on a term system in which classes are completed in full during each ​4 ¹⁄₂-month term. Following graduation, 95% of graduates attend a four-year college and 5% attend a two-year college or take a gap year before attending college. The school serves high school students from Maryland, DC, Virginia, and international communities.
  The school is currently located on the 4th floor of the Clocktower Building in Dupont Circle. Emerson has occupied its present location since 2019, after moving from a temporary location in the Twelfth Street YMCA Building. Before 2017, Emerson spent eighty years in their own building across from the American Enterprise Institute. Most students use WMATA to get to and from school.
  Emerson Preparatory School is a member of the Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools.
context_section_description: Emerson first opened at 914 14th Street Northwest Washington DC near Franklin Square between K and I Streets. In 1928, Emerson moved to a new building at 1740 P Street Northwest near Dupont Circle between Massachusetts and New Hampshire Avenues. In 1933, Emerson moved to 1525 16th Street Northwest near Stead Park between Q and Church Streets. In 1937, Emerson moved to 1324 18th Northwest near Dupont Circle between Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues. In 2017, Emerson moved to the fourth floor of the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage at 1816 12th Street Northwest (stop number 6 on the Greater U Street Heritage Trail) near Ben's Chili Bowl between S and T Streets.
caption: The Emerson 1852 room
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