The Southeastern District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). It encompasses Washington, D.C. and the states of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as York and Lancaster Counties in Pennsylvania, and Maryland with the exception of Garrett County at its western end. Garrett County and the rest of Pennsylvania are part of the Eastern District; also, one Virginia congregation is in the non-geographic English District, and two of the state's congregations are in the SELC District. The Southeastern District includes approximately 218 congregations and missions, subdivided into 19 circuits, as well as 60 preschools, 26 elementary schools and 3 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is over 67,000.