List of Friends schools


Friends schools are institutions that provide an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers.
Friends schools vary greatly, both in their interpretation of Quaker principles and in how they relate to formal organizations that make up the Society of Friends. Most Friends schools are similar in their mission however: to provide an academically sound education while also instilling values of community, spirituality, responsibility and stewardship in their students.
Some institutions founded by Friends were never formally "Quaker schools". Some historically Friends institutions are no longer formally associated with the Society of Friends. Those that continue to call themselves "Quaker schools" may have formal oversight from a Friends yearly or monthly meeting, and others are governed by members of the Society of Friends and/or adhere to aspects of Quaker practice.
Because of the wide range of Friends, the branch of Quakerism with which the school affiliates are included, and where applicable the Yearly, Quarterly or Monthly Meeting under whose care or governance the school is held is shown.
The following is a list of schools currently or historically associated with the Society of Friends, regardless of their current degree of affiliation:

Australia

Bolivian Friends have established several schools, which are supported from the United States by the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund.

Canada

All Quaker schools and yearly meetings in Kenya are affiliated with Friends United Meeting. Note that the Friends World Committee for Consultation counts, but does not name, many more Kenyan Friends schools than are listed here,

Secondary schools

Non-Friends schools with Friends connections
Defunct Friends schools
Abbreviations:
The athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania are referred to as the Quakers, and the university is in Philadelphia, the historic center of American Quakerism, but it is not a Quaker institution, nor was it historically.

Secondary (high) schools

"Independent Quaker schools" are operated using Quaker principles and often include a majority of Quakers among trustees, but are not formally under care of a meeting.