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.
Quick Stats (2023)
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment: 36 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Great School, I am so happy that both my children attended. Olney exposed them to International Cultures, Sustainability, and gave them a sense of Community, self confidence, and an Education they will use all their lives.
- Posted by Parent - Melody Cannon
57/12/2013
I went to Olney, and I sent my son to Olney.
It was intellectually challenging, and the values of the Society of Friends are some of the most important spiritual values I ever learned.
- Posted by Parent - olney
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Quick Stats (2023)
Grades: 9-12
Enrollment: 36 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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