Olney Friends School

61830 Sandy Ridge Road, Barnesville, OH, 43713-0437 - View a map of this schoolMap

School Notes Overview:

Olney Friends School, founded in 1837, is a small, co-educational boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located in Barnesville, Ohio, in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. The school provides an intellectually challenging college preparatory program in a supportive Friends community that promotes traditional Quaker values such as integrity and simplicity, while encouraging freedom of expression, creative thinking and acceptance of individual differences. Olney Friends School challenges students to grow. We celebrate intellectual rigor, provoke questions of conscience, and nurture skills for living in community. ...

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School Overview:

 
Olney Friends School
School Membership(s) Friends Council on Education (FCE)
National Association of Independent Schools
State or regional independent school association
The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)
Religious Affiliation Friends
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Belmont County, OH
Student Body
Total Students 55 students
Student Body Type Co-ed
This School
(OH) School Avg.
% Students of Color 36% 14%
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 7 students
Grade 10 - 19 students
Grade 11 - 16 students
Grade 12 - 13 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 13 teachers
This School
(OH) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:4 * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year 180 days 180 days
Hours in School Day for Students 8 hours 6 hours

School Notes:

  • Olney Friends School, founded in 1837, is a small, co-educational boarding school for grades 9 through 12 located in Barnesville, Ohio, in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. The school provides an intellectually challenging college preparatory program in a supportive Friends community that promotes traditional Quaker values such as integrity and simplicity, while encouraging freedom of expression, creative thinking and acceptance of individual differences. Olney Friends School challenges students to grow. We celebrate intellectual rigor, provoke questions of conscience, and nurture skills for living in community.
  • Profile last updated: 02/13/2007

In the News:

  • Barnesville workers draw praise (The Times Leader)
    posted on September 29, 2009 at 01:49:17 pm
    BARNESVILLE - Following the conclusion of the 46th Annual Barnesville Pumpkin Festival, village had nothing but praise for the hard work of its employees. "They do a great job. We appreciate all their work," said Village Administrator Roger Deal, at Monday's village council meeting. He commended employees from the street, park, cemetery and water distribution departments.
  • Putnam County native receives teaching award (Greencastle Banner-Graphic)
    posted on August 29, 2009 at 05:02:26 am
    BARNESVILLE, Ohio -- Former Putnam County resident Abigail Chew was awarded the George G. Skinner and Lela Skinner Bailey Teaching Development Award for professional development. The award is given...
  • Growing pains expected for Shenandoah squad (The Daily Jeffersonian)
    posted on August 16, 2009 at 12:34:28 pm
    SARAHSVILLE -- Shenandoah High varsity soccer coach Jason Dixon knows it could be a difficult year during the Zeps' inaugural co-ed season on the soccer pitch. "It's going to
  • Family tradition (Westminster Community Times)
    posted on June 15, 2009 at 11:55:29 pm
    Morgan Starr Bailey of Glyndon, who graduated May 30 from Olney Friends School, continues a long family tradition of attending a Quaker boarding school in Barnesville, Ohio. Morgan’s Glyndon parents – Emily Stanley and Dan Bailey both graduated from Olney, as did Morgan’s grandmother and both great-grandmothers on the maternal side of the family.
  • Olney Friends School Now On National Register (The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register)
    posted on April 15, 2009 at 03:16:29 pm
    The Olney Friends Boarding School and the Ohio Yearly Meetinghouse Historic District have been approved for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (43713)
School Zip (43713)
(OH) State Average
Population (Approximate) 7,243 people 11,353,002 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 13% 21%
Population Average Age 39 years old 37 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.3 persons
Median Household Income $27,449 $43,643
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.5 rooms 5.7 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 58 years old 47 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 77% / 23% 66% / 34%

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