Friends Seminary
PrivateNew York, NYK-12Quaker
Key Facts
Last verified: 5/25/2026$61.7K/yr
Tuition
790
Students
7:1
Student-Teacher
K-12
Grades
About
Friends Seminary is a coeducational K-12 Quaker independent day school adjacent to Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan, founded in 1786 — the oldest continuously coeducational school in New York City. The school operates under the care of the New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, and Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship inform daily Meeting for Worship and the curriculum. The campus occupies several connected buildings on East 16th Street, including a recently renovated and expanded Upper School. Friends offers 11 AP courses alongside a broad humanities and arts program.
Admission
- Test Required
- ISEE
- Interview
- Required
- Essay
- Required
- Recommendation Letters
- 2
- Deadline
- Fri Jan 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Rolling Admissions
- No
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Data Sources (2)
- Friends Seminary AdmissionsData from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/25/2026
- Deep enrich iter5Data from: 2025-26 · Collected: 5/27/2026