About Bullis School

Bullis School is located on a beautiful, spacious 80-acre wooded campus in Potomac, Maryland, about 12 miles from the nation’s capital. Bullis is convenient to the District of Columbia, Maryland suburbs and most Northern Virginia communities. This central location provides ready access to the rich resources of the metropolitan area.

The school has a proud heritage. Founded in 1930 by Cmdr. William F. Bullis in downtown Washington, D.C., Bullis was originally established as a preparatory school for the United States Naval Academy. Having outgrown its city facility, the school moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, in 1934, and subsequently became a four-year college preparatory program. The school began the move to its present campus in Potomac in 1965. Since then, Bullis has evolved into an independent, co-educational college preparatory school enrolling students in grades 3 through 12.

Bullis is an independent school accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Maryland Department of Education. We hold memberships in the National Association of Independent Schools, the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, The Association of Independent Maryland Schools, the Secondary School Admission Test Board and the Black Student Fund.