Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School was founded in Washington, DC in 1799 as the Georgetown Academy for Young Ladies. It was also formally referred to as the Convent and Academy of the Visitation. Since 1799, the school has continued for over 200 years as a college preparatory school for women. Visitation is the second oldest, continually run all-girls school in the United States. It is a member of the Independent School League. Modern school literature states that their curriculum is rooted in the virtues of faith, vision, and purpose. Visitation currently enrolls approximately 450 students in the ninth through twelfth grades. Visitation is a Catholic school originally guided by the Visitation Sisters, but the school community includes many students and faculty who are not of the Roman Catholic faith.