Wilmington Friends School

Wilmington Friends School is a private PK-12 school in Wilmington, Delaware United States. It is affiliated with the Society of Friends.

Wilmington Friends School
Address
101 School Road

Wilmington
,
Delaware
19803

United States
Coordinates39°46′07″N 75°33′02″W
Information
TypePrivate school
Religious affiliation(s)Society of Friends
Established1748 (1748)
Head of schoolKenneth E. Aldridge
Teaching staff74.1 (on a FTE basis)[1]
GradesPK - 12[1]
Enrollment694 (includes 46 PK students) (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.7[1]
Websitewww.wilmingtonfriends.org

History

The school was founded in 1748 by members of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers).[2]

Delaware historian Benjamin Ferris wrote in the 19th century "Thousands of children have there received the first rudiments of an English education."[3]

In 1937, the Friends School moved from its original site to its current location in Alapocas, just outside the city. In 2019, it was announced that the school was consolidating all grades into one building and selling its lower grade school building; grades pre-K to fifth grade. The building and about 20 acres of property was sold to the pharmaceutical research company Incyte.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for WILMINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. Hillegas, Jeanette O (October 1975). "Wilmington Friends School--1748". Independent School Bulletin. Retrieved 2008-02-08. This is another brief account of one of the seventeen member schools founded in the United States before 1776.
  3. Ferris, Benjamin (1846). A history of the original settlements on the Delaware. Wilson & Heald. p. 298.
  4. "Incyte to buy Friends school campus for $50M". Delaware Business Times. December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  5. "In Re Fine". Justia Law. He attended the Wilmington Friends School in Wilmington, Delaware, a private school run by the Quakers.
  6. "WFS Summer 2013 Magazine". Issuu. p. 31. Retrieved 20 December 2020.


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