Founded in 1852 as the Emerson Institute (named in honor of George Barrell Emerson), Emerson Preparatory School (Emerson) was a small, independent, non-denominational college preparatory school in Washington, District of Columbia (DC) that drew students in grades 9 through 12 from DC, Virginia, Maryland and international communities. Emerson closed at the end of the 2020-2021 school year.