Friends Seminary
New York · NY · Religious-affiliated · K-12 combined
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MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL → HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES → INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION → PS 226 → GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL → HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) → INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE → UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES →📋 At a glance
- 🏆 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1440 (25-75: 1380–1500)
- 📝 ACT avg 32.5 (25-75: 31–34)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Friends Seminary compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1440 (≈ top 4% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 32.5 (≈ top 4%) · 8 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES, INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection
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 Seminary's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.friendsseminary.org/admission/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 791 students:
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 27 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $432,000/year in tuition upside.
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Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT AND DAY HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 0.1 | 620 | +23.5% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICES NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 1,728 | +0.2% |
| INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 266 | -9.8% |
| PS 226 NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 8 | — |
| GRAMERCY ARTS HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 420 | -20.9% |
| HIGH SCHOOL FOR LANGUAGE AND DIPLOMACY (THE) NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 132 | -37.4% |
| INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AT UNION SQUARE NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 348 | +16.8% |
| UNION SQUARE ACADEMY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES NEW YORK |
Public | 0.2 | 527 | +18.4% |