Friends Academy

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Friends Academy
Motto Every Life is to be Explored, Celebrated and Enjoyed.
Established 1876
Type Private Co-Ed
Founder Gideon Frost
Faculty approx. 116
Students approx. 750
Grades Toddler - 12th grade
Location Locust Valley, New York 11560, USA
Campus Suburban, 65 acres
Colors Red and Black            
Mascot Quaker
Yearbook 'The Lamp'
Website [1]

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Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from age three through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York. The school was founded in 1876 by Gideon Frost for "the children of Friends and those similarly sentimented". The campus covers 65 acres. The school is organized around quad with buildings surrounding it. Recent additions to the school include the Helen A. Dolan Center (2000), the Kumar-Wang Library (2000) and the renovation of the Upper School (now called Gideon Frost Hall) in 2004. There are typically 800 students with around 190 faculty.


[edit] Students and Faculty

There are 750 students from a several backgrounds and communities throughout Long Island. There are 210 students in the Lower School, 185 in the Middle School, and 355 in the Upper School. There 116 full- and part-time teachers. The student-teacher ratio is 7:1.

While it is a Quaker school, there are only around 8 quaker students and teachers. Tuition ranges from US$20-25,000 a year, and the school has a 95% retention rate[citation needed].

[edit] College Placement

All Friends graduates go to college, attending colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and abroad.[citation needed]

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