Overview and History
- Founded in 1845 by the Germantown
Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends
- Co-ed Kindergarten through 12th grade
- Dick Wade, Head of School, joined GFS in 1993
- Community Scholars Program celebrates 47 years
- Edward E. Ford Foundation Educational Leadership Initiative grant recipient
Student Body
- 861 Students
- 1:8 Faculty to Student ratio
- 31% Students of color
- 6% Quaker
- 100% Graduates attend four-year college
- 20 National Merit Semifinalists in 2011 and 2012
- 36 Friends League Championships since fall 2005
- 12% Children or grandchildren of alumni
Faculty
- Full time faculty: 87
- Part time faculty: 24
- Assistant teachers/aides: 20
- Administrators who teach: 6
- Average 19 years teaching experience
- 73% of faculty hold advanced degrees
- 18% faculty and administrators of color
- 8% Quaker faculty and administrators
Finances
- Current operating budget: $20 million
- Tuition: $19,500 for Kindergarten to $28,450 for
10th through 12th grades
- Financial Aid awarded to 29% of students,
including 28 Community Scholars
- $1,138,138 raised in 2011-12 Annual Giving
program from 2,169 donors, 104% of goal
- Alumni participation 26%
- Parent participation 69%
- School Committee participation 100%
Recent Campus Capital Improvements
Over the past ten years we have raised $36.3 million to increase endowment and for these capital improvements:
- 2009 Sustainable Urban Science Center
- 2008 Friends Free Library Renovation
- 2005 The Campus Common
- 2004 Field House
- 2004 Loeb Performing Arts Center
- 2003 Greenawalt Track and Field
- 1997 Hargroves Center