More than three centuries ago, Quakers established Friends schools in order to provide an education that would recognize and nurture the spirit in each child within a community of learners.
For this reason, Friends schools typically attract students from a wide range of religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Over the years, these schools have maintained a tradition of high quality education, offering supportive environments in which children encounter rigorous intellectual challenges, acquire necessary academic skills, discover outlets for playfulness and creativity, and develop a sense of responsibility to the broader community.
Tuition for the 2021-2022 school year is as follows:
• Pre-K and kindergarten: $29,450
• 1st-3rd grades: $29,970
• 4th-5th grades: $30,900
• 6th-8th grades: $31,500
Princeton Friends School is a learning community rooted in
kindness, respect, and service. Every day, our preschool to
8th-grade students are engaged in hands-on, child-centered
education that builds skills, deepens knowledge, and inspires
creative, critical, and independent thinking. In our classrooms and
gathering places, our woods and playgrounds, students and teachers
collaborate in an environment of discovery and intellectual vigor.
Enrolling approximately 125 students, PFS offers an exceptional,
forward-thinking curriculum and a welcoming, diverse community
where every child is known. The Quaker values of peace, social
justice, and reflection infuse all we do at PFS.
Grades: 6-12 | 32 students1.4 miles 116 Stanhope St. Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 919-9193
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School Reviews
5.00 out of 5(3 reviews)
51/19/2022
All Categories Rating 5 out of 5 Princeton Friends School is a truly amazing learning community. My son has been enrolled for two years now, and we plan to stay until he moves on to high school. Ever since he started as a Pre-K student, he has made leaps and bounds in his social-emotional skills and has begun to develop academically along the way. I value individualized instruction, attention to the learner as a whole being, and a variety of opportunities outside of the classroom to get dirty in the garden and art studio, move his body in yoga and circus squad, and develop music and language skills. Of course, being outside is a must, and there`s plenty of that, too, through nature hikes and open play. I am confident that as he grows, whatever his interests and needs are, he`s in a community that will support him. And a bonus is an amazing group of diverse and relatable parents and families to experience it all with!Parent2 months ago overall ExperienceReportStart Your Review of Princeton Friends SchoolRating 5 out of 5 Both of our children are at Princeton Friends and we could not be happier with our experience. PFS has caring, competent teachers who collaborate with one another to offer a terrific inter-disciplinarian academic program. Our children, one in the lower school and one in the upper, both enjoy learning on the historic campus and appreciate that the faculty use the grounds as their classrooms. PFS fosters a love of nature and learning. The Head of School cares deeply about the children and their successes. We highly recommend this school!
- Posted by Parent - S
51/5/2019
I like that my son gets a dose of progressive Quaker education every day at PFS. He's encouraged to find his voice through writing, story telling, and theater. He's exposed to interdisciplinary thinking through the school's Central Study program, learns to collaborate and take risks, and, because it's a Friends school, attends silent meeting once a week and exercises and implements our best instincts through a commitment to social justice. He reads and discusses literature, does math past my understanding, and wades into the Stony Brook in science lab. I'm proud of the young man he's becoming and I think the school has a lot to do with it.
- Posted by Parent - Tom
51/5/2019
We live in a highly-rated public school district and I am always asked why we choose a private education. We found that Princeton Friends School provides an equivalent level of academic challenge and rigor as our public school but exceeded our expectations in equipping our daughter with the necessary self-knowledge and EQ skills. Social-emotional development is on equal footing with academic accomplishments at PFS, which is so critical in order to thrive in this increasingly complex, polarized, multi-cultural, risk-filled 21st Century. The student body is diverse; class sizes are small and our daughter has become an empathetic, curious community member. We could not be happier.
- Posted by Parent - AO
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