Enrollment uptick continues for Arlington’s private schools post-Covid, while APS makes a comeback

Catholic students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington (courtesy the Diocese of Arlington)
Arlington’s private schools say they are still riding a wave of enrollment increases that started early in the pandemic.
More than three years ago now, Covid lockdowns shut down schools, which reverted to distance learning. That fall, however, local private schools affiliated with a church or the Catholic Diocese of Arlington reopened their doors while Arlington Public Schools continued w