Friends' Central School
| Friends' Central School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
1101 City Ave , 19096-3490 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°59′06″N 75°15′45″W / 39.98502°N 75.26261°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, day, college preparatory |
| Religious affiliation | Christianity |
| Denomination | Quakers |
| Established | 1845 |
| Status | Open |
| NCES School ID | 01195711 |
| Head of school | Beth D. Johnson |
| Faculty | 116 (on an FTE basis) |
| Grades | N–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 848 (2023-2024) |
| • Pre-kindergarten | 57 |
| • Kindergarten | 34 |
| • Grade 1 | 26 |
| • Grade 2 | 31 |
| • Grade 3 | 35 |
| • Grade 4 | 46 |
| • Grade 5 | 38 |
| • Grade 6 | 50 |
| • Grade 7 | 63 |
| • Grade 8 | 68 |
| • Grade 9 | 99 |
| • Grade 10 | 107 |
| • Grade 11 | 107 |
| • Grade 12 | 87 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.5:1 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colors | Navy White Gray |
| Athletics conference | Friends Schools League |
| Nickname | Phoenix |
| SAT average | 649 Math 669 Verbal 666 Writing |
| Annual tuition | $28,500-$49,950 |
| Nobel laureates | Karl Barry Sharpless |
| Website | friendscentral |
Friends' Central School (FCS) is a Quaker, independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in Nursery though grade 12. It is located on 41 acres across two campuses in Wynnewood, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
The school was founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, near the current location of the Philadelphia Mint. It had an enrollment of 848 students from nursery to grade 12 in 2023.
Informally known as "Friends' Central," the school encompasses three divisions: Lower School (nursery through 5th grades), Middle School (6th through 8th), and Upper School (9th through 12th). The Middle and Upper Schools share their campus, and the Lower School occupies its own site.