Admissions FAQs

Visit your child’s division to read through our application procedures: Upper School, Middle School, Lower School (2-4), Lower School (K-1), Preschool (Twos, Threes, & Fours).

By September 1, 2024, applicants must meet the following age requirements for the 2024-2025 school year:

Preschool Twos: 2 years old

Preschool Threes: 3 years old

Preschool 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 Admissions office or through Ravenna.

• Preschool 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: 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 Preschool applicants with Legacy status. Legacy applicants have the option for Early Notification.

No. The 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.

We now provide bus service between our campus and the Williamsburg area, and will extend service to additional neighborhoods in and outside of the borough in the coming year.

• • Preschool: Typically there are 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.

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