List of Friends schools

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.

Those that continue to call themselves "Quaker schools" may have formal oversight from a Friends yearly or monthly meetings (often called coming "under care of" a 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 (or branches) 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: Bolivian Friends have established several schools, which are supported from the United States by the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund.

Note that the Friends World Committee for Consultation[7] counts, but does not name, many more Kenyan Friends schools than are listed here, Non-Friends schools with Friends connections Defunct Friends schools Abbreviations: "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.

Mary McDowell school, Brooklyn