Grymes Memorial School

Grymes Memorial School is a coed day school founded in 1947 in Orange, Virginia. It serves roughly 100 to 200 students from preschool through eighth grade. The campus sits in the Piedmont countryside between Charlottesville and Fredericksburg, drawing families from across central Virginia who want a small independent option before high school.

The school is non-sectarian, with Spanish offered from the early grades. Classes are small, so teachers know every child in their grade by name. The curriculum pairs reading, writing, and analytical work with art, music, athletics, and time outdoors. Faculty often teach across subjects or grade bands rather than in narrow silos, which suits candidates who like variety over specialization.

Compensation at a PreK-8 day school of this size is typically built around a published salary scale, full health benefits, and a retirement match, with tuition remission for faculty children. Grymes is in a strong financial spot for its size. The school reported about $6.65 million in revenue and $20.7 million in net assets in 2023, and fundraising rose nearly 79 percent year over year. That kind of donor momentum tends to support steady raises and classroom budgets.

Faculty hiring at Grymes Memorial School usually covers lower and middle school classroom teachers, Spanish, and specialists in art, music, and PE, plus periodic admissions and advancement roles. Most searches run from late winter into spring ahead of an August start.