Admissions FAQs

Please visit our admissions pages organized by Learning Communities to learn more: Upper School, Middle School, Lower School (Grades 2-4), Lower School (Grades K-1), Early Childhood (Twos, Threes, & Fours).

By September 1, 2025, applicants must meet the following age requirements for the 2025-2026 school year:

Early Childhood Twos: 2 years old

Early Childhood Threes: 3 years old

Early Childhood Fours: 4 years old

Kindergarten: 5 years old

Grade 1: 6 years old

Grade 2: 7 years old

Grade 3: 8 years old

Grade 4: 9 years old

We invite you to attend an Open House or school event. Prospective families can register for events through Ravenna after creating an account for their child. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Visit our Important Dates page for information on your child’s application timeline.

The teacher should complete both forms and submit to the Enrollment Office or through Ravenna.

• Early Childhood through Lower School: There is no admissions test.
• Middle School: No. We are test blind and will not utilize standardized test scores in our admissions process
• Upper School: No. We are test blind and will not utilize standardized test scores in our admissions process

Visit our Legacy Status & Quaker Families page for information on priority admissions consideration.

Yes, for Early Childhood applicants with Legacy status. Legacy applicants have the option for Early Notification.

No. BFS tuition is all-inclusive.

We do not offer merit-based scholarships to applicants.

Yes, please visit our Financial Aid page for more information.

Yes, we do once a student has been accepted.

Yes, but accessibility is limited.

Students come from all five boroughs of NYC and the greater metropolitan area.

The 2023–2024 school year marked the launch of our first transportation service for Brooklyn Friends School families, with initial routes starting in the Williamsburg area. For the 2024–2025 school year, we’ve expanded service to additional neighborhoods across Brooklyn. We are taking a phased approach to grow the program, carefully evaluating usage, ridership, and accessibility. The bus program is available for BFS students in grades K–8 and includes an additional fee. 

• • Early Childhood: Typically there are 12-14 students in a Twos class, 14-15 students in a Threes class, and 18 students in a Fours class with two teachers per class.
  • Kindergarten to Grade 4: There are typically 15-20 students per class with two teachers.
  • Grades 5 to 8: There are typically 15-20 students per class.
  • Grades 9 to 12: There are typically 18 students per class.

For more information about college counseling at Brooklyn Friends, please visit our college counseling page.

All students must be fully immunized according to the New York State Department of Health’s guidelines. BFS is legally obligated to annually report student immunization records to the Department of Health. Selective vaccinations are not permitted. BFS does consider requests for religious and medical exemption from vaccines, in accordance with NYS Public Health Law. In the event of a communicable disease outbreak, students without documentation of immunity (including those with religious/medical exemption claims) will be excluded from school in accordance to recommendations of the Department of Health.

All students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.