FAQs

Benedictine and Saint Gertrude tuition for the 2025-26 school year is $25,650. Tuition for 2026-27 will be set in March 2026. To learn more about merit scholarships and financial aid, please visit Affording BSoR.

Admission, financial aid and scholarship applications for BCP and SGHS are due Saturday, January 31, 2026. We continue to accept applications for all grade levels on a rolling basis following this deadline, if space is available. Financial aid applications must be submitted by Friday, January 16, 2026, for priority consideration and inclusion of financial aid with an admissions offer.

There are a variety of funding opportunities available at Benedictine Schools of Richmond, from need-based aid to competitive scholarships, with over $3.4 million awarded annually. Incoming students have several opportunities to receive funding upon acceptance. All families are encouraged to complete the FACTS application, which is used to determine eligibility for need based aid as well as several internal scholarship funds. Additionally, several merit and academic scholarships are available through a separate application process. Please review our scholarships page for details about each. We also encourage families to apply for local scholarships, which may be available through your church or parish. On average, 65% of our students receive financial aid and/or scholarships.

No. All admissions decisions are made without regard to financial status, and we encourage students from all financial backgrounds to apply. With our robust tuition assistance program, we hope to make a BSoR education as affordable as possible. For more information about financial aid and scholarships, visit Affording BSoR.

Students at both SGHS and BCP are required to take the SSAT, submit transcripts and recommendations (math, English, and administrative), and interview with someone from the admissions team. To view all requirements for admission, visit Application Process.

We’d love to have you on campus to explore our campus and even meet a few teachers and students. Details coming August 2026.

Don’t stress about the interview. The personal interview is simply a conversation where our admissions team wants to get the applicant better. Applicants will be asked several questions regarding their applications and their interest in our schools. This is also a great opportunity for applicants to ask us questions. The interview is informal and relaxed; it’s simply a way for us to get to know each other better

The first round of acceptances are sent the first week of March. However, after the initial application deadline in January, we will continue to accept applications and issue admissions acceptances on a rolling basis, as space is available.

BSoR students matriculate from a variety of schools and areas across Central Virginia. A vast majority come from the local parochial schools and public middle schools; however, some students transfer from other private and public schools.

Each school day starts at SGHS with morning gathering at 7:35 a.m. and morning formation at 7:30 a.m. for BCP. The school day ends for both schools at 3 p.m.

Yes. Students at Saint Gertrude and Benedictine are both required to wear a uniform.

The Benedictine Schools of Richmond prides itself on fostering an environment in which young men and women can mature in their faith with support from our community. However, admission to our schools is open to students of all faith backgrounds, and only 63% of our current students are Catholic.

Yes. BSoR has partnered with a local catering company to provide daily lunch offerings. Meals are paid for in advance through an online ordering system.

While community service is a requirement of our students at both schools, it is also an inherent part of both schools' missions. Forty service hours are required for graduation from SGHS; sixty hours are needed for BCP students.

Benedictine and Saint Gertrude provide challenging academic experiences while providing the necessary support to meet the learning needs of all students. The Student Support Team is designed to maintain the dignity and uniqueness of each individual with a diagnosed learning difference, and our learning support specialist provides a place for the students to attain various skills such as study techniques, time management, organizational strategies, and goal planning.

Graduates of the Benedictine Schools of Richmond attend a variety of colleges based on the needs and desires of each individual student. Our school counselors work with students and families during every stage of the college search and application process to help find the best university for each student. Some recent college enrollments of our graduates include the Air Force Academy, Catholic University, Columbia University, Duke, James Madison, Liberty, the Naval Academy, Notre Dame, Tennessee, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, VMI, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and William and Mary.

This past year, both graduating classes from Benedictine and Saint Gertrude were each awarded just shy of $3.4 million in scholarship money.

BCP and SGHS strategically offer courses in a co-ed environment in order to offer more classes and to achieve optimal class size for specialty curriculum such as some world language and advanced placement (AP) study. The student-to-teacher ratio remains low in these classes to provide for more in-depth coursework, productive class discussions, and great attention to each student. This is an example of how our unique structure of two schools on a single campus benefits students by pooling resources to offer more opportunities while maintaining our small class sizes.

Our counselors work with each student to develop a schedule that reflects his or her goals and interests, as well as meets graduation requirements. Since only AP and world language classes are offered in a co-ed setting and core classes are only offered in a single-sex environment, the ability to select courses by gender composition may be limited. However, all course selections are made on an individual basis and we will work to find the right mix for each student.

The Benedictine Schools of Richmond are single-sex, Catholic, college preparatory high schools, Saint Gertrude High School and Benedictine College Preparatory, co-located on the Benedictine Abbey campus. This unique coordinate program is founded on the mutual complementarity of women and men and the equal dignity of all human persons. We seek to form all students to be self-motivated learners and leaders in their vocations. We provide a common Catholic culture, steeped in Benedictine values, that promotes the education of the whole person -- body, mind and spirit. To view the full Educational Philosophy, click here.

Both Benedictine and Saint Gertrude are individually accredited through the Virginia Association of Independent Schools.