Friends Select School
School Notes Overview:
Friends Select School's mission is to provide a challenging, college-preparatory academic program to its diverse, coed student population, from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Members of the Friends Select community believe in the Quaker values of respect for all, simplicity, the peaceful resolution to conflict, and a constant search for truth. The school works to achieve a balance between the needs of individuals and the community, in an atmosphere of cooperation and concern for the betterment of all. It values the rich diversity of its urban setting and the opportunities and challenges it provides for the education of its students. Under the caring oversight of dedicated faculty and staff, Friends Select students gain the knowledge, skills and character that will help them to live full lives....
School Overview:
Friends Select School |
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| School Membership(s) |
Friends Council on Education (FCE) National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association |
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| Religious Affiliation | Friends | |
| Grades Offered | Grades Prekindergarten - 12 | |
| County | Philadelphia County, PA | |
| Student Body | ||
| Total Students | 547 students | |
| Student Body Type | Co-ed | |
This School |
(PA) School Avg. |
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| % Students of Color | 32% | 16% |
| Students by Grade | ||
| Pre-K - 34 students | ||
| Kind - 40 students | ||
| Grade 1 - 41 students | ||
| Grade 2 - 37 students | ||
| Grade 3 - 21 students | ||
| Grade 4 - 30 students | ||
| Grade 5 - 23 students | ||
| Grade 6 - 27 students | ||
| Grade 7 - 33 students | ||
| Grade 8 - 58 students | ||
| Grade 9 - 50 students | ||
| Grade 10 - 56 students | ||
| Grade 11 - 48 students | ||
| Grade 12 - 49 students | ||
| Academics and Faculty | ||
| Total Classroom Teachers | 55 teachers | |
This School |
(PA) School Avg. |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio | 1:9 | * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16 |
| School Days in Calendar Year | 180 days | 180 days |
| Hours in School Day for Students | 6 hours | 6 hours |
School Notes:
- Friends Select School's mission is to provide a challenging, college-preparatory academic program to its diverse, coed student population, from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Members of the Friends Select community believe in the Quaker values of respect for all, simplicity, the peaceful resolution to conflict, and a constant search for truth. The school works to achieve a balance between the needs of individuals and the community, in an atmosphere of cooperation and concern for the betterment of all. It values the rich diversity of its urban setting and the opportunities and challenges it provides for the education of its students. Under the caring oversight of dedicated faculty and staff, Friends Select students gain the knowledge, skills and character that will help them to live full lives.
- Profile last updated: 12/04/2006
In the News:
- Ursinus' Noonan going pro (The Mercury)
posted on September 13, 2009 at 10:47:04 am
Special to The Mercury COLLEGEVILLE — Ursinus College men's basketball coach Kevin Small has announced that John Noonan has signed a contract to play professional basketball in Romania this season. - Ann Peterson (Litchfield County Times)
posted on August 27, 2009 at 07:45:22 pm
LOVELAND, CO-Ann Peterson, 88, died Aug. 10 at North Shore Health & Rehab Facility in Loveland. Ann moved to Loveland in 2008 after 55 years in northwestern Connecticut. She spent 53 of those years in Cornwall, in her red house on Valley Road, next to the waterfall she loved. - Ann Peterson (Missoulian)
posted on August 12, 2009 at 07:38:03 pm
LOVELAND, Colo. - Ann Peterson, 88, died Aug. 10, 2009, at North Shore Health & Rehab Facility in Loveland, Colo. She was the mother of Susan Hay Cramer of Missoula. - Thomas B. Gerlach, executive (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
posted on February 23, 2009 at 12:31:13 pm
Thomas B. Gerlach, 82, a former executive in the Philadelphia office of Turner Construction Co., died of kidney failure Feb. 7 at his home in Strafford, Vt.
School Zip Statistics:
| About This Zipcode (19103) | School Zip (19103) |
(PA) State Average |
| Population (Approximate) | 19,714 people | 12,280,267 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree | 71% | 22% |
| Population Average Age | 36 years old | 37 years old |
| Average Household size | 1.4 persons | 2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income | $37,959 | $43,232 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household | 2.9 rooms | 5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure | 57 years old | 51 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting | 31% / 69% | 68% / 32% |
School Map:
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