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Friends Central School

Wynnewood · PA · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined

Private
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📖18 AP courses 🏅5 National Merit Semifinalists

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 18 AP courses offered (school profile)
  • 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
Academic signals
  • 📝 SAT avg 1390 (25-75: 1330–1460)
  • 📝 ACT avg 31.0 (25-75: 29–33)
  • 📚 AP exam pass rate 85.0% (avg score 4.1)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Friends Central School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

  • NationallySAT mean 1390 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 31.0 (≈ top 7%) · 85% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
  • LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Talmudical Yeshiva Of Philadelphia, Phila Yeshiva, Hyman Korman High School-Talmudical Yeshiva Of Phi and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 705 in 2018 to 738 in 2022 — over 4 years.
+4.7%
Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Friends Central School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.friendscentral.org/admission/school-profile ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 738 students:

2023
746
2025
764
2027
781

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 43 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $688,000/year in tuition upside.

Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Talmudical Yeshiva Of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Private 0.8 107 +0.9%
Phila Yeshiva
Philadelphia
Private 0.8 105 -1.9%
Hyman Korman High School-Talmudical Yeshiva Of Phi
Philadelphia
Private 0.8 105 -1.9%
The Science Leadership Academy at Beeber
Philadelphia
Public 1.1 347 -25.2%
Overbrook HS
Philadelphia
Public 1.3 440 +10.3%
Kohelet Yeshiva High School
Merion Station
Private 1.7 109 -47.1%
The Mesivta High School Of Greater Phila
Bala Cynwyd
Private 1.8 53
Mastery CS - Shoemaker Campus
Philadelphia
Public · charter 1.9 506 +0.2%

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