Friends School (2026 Profile)

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Quick Facts (2026)

School Type: Alternative School
Grades: Prekindergarten-8
Enrollment: 161 students
Average class size: 16 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

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School Facts

School Type

Alternative School

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Association of Colorado Independent Schools (ACIS)

Religious Affiliation

Nonsectarian

Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-8

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	Friends School
Pre-K	51
Kind	7
1	12
2	18
3	11
4	16
5	19
6	18
7	9

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Year Founded

1987

Student Body

Total Students

161 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

87%

State avg.: 25%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

18 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

9:1

National avg.: 11:1

Average Class Size

16 students

Number of AP Courses

15 courses

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

Friends School is a private, independent, non-sectarian school in Boulder, Colorado has been educating students from preschool through 8th grade since 1987.
Friends School is a supportive, evolving community committed to educating the whole child - mind, body, and spirit - head, hand, and heart.
Our children develop creative expression, social responsibility, and respect for the individual through an experiential process.
We challenge students to realize their full potential and to become joyful, lifelong learners.
Friends School is committed to educating the whole child - head, hand and heart. Students are challenged to reach their potential through experimentation, exploration and direct instruction in an experiential environment which strives for academic excellence, creative expression and social responsibility.
Friends has small multi-age classes with low student/teacher ratios and an active, involved parent community.

School Mascot: Friends

Amazing things are happening at Friends School. We have enjoyed 30 incredible years of educating Boulder`s students, from preschool through 8th grade. Friends values all learners from our earliest students in our play-based preschool, to our elementary students who thrive through experiential learning, up through our middle schoolers who are energized and engaged with a rich integrated curriculum. We are a creative, challenging, safeenvironment where every student is seen, known, and loved. Small class sizes allow us to know each student fully for who they are, meet them where they are on the learning spectrum, and help them to know themselves and set their own path.Friends students are academically challenged and prepared to enter the world as thoughtful, kind, genuine, self-advocating, confident, and empathetic citizens. A strong balance of rich academic and social emotional curriculum with an emphasis on character development allows our graduates to successfully transition into any high school environment. Our students not only learn the importance of a social emotional education, they actually LIVE it.A Friends School education promises essential foundations for a life of success. Our vision is as clear today as it was 30 years ago: challenging minds, nurturing spirits, honoring individuality. Schedule a tour today to discover the joyful experience of a Friends School education!303.499.1999, [email protected]

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Friends School is located in the Park East neighborhood of Boulder, CO.

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The average private school tuition in Boulder, CO is $29,237 for elementary schools and $30,009 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

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