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Fast Facts History Founded 1961, under the care of Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers); the only Quaker school in Massachusetts; one of five in New England Grades Early childhood through grade 8; co-educational Enrollment 226 students; 33% identify as students of color; Head of School Peter Sommer A.B. Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with Honors in both Philosophy and Religion from Hamilton College. M.A. in Philosophy of Science with minor in Classical Philosophy from Princeton University. Faculty and Staff 70 faculty and staff; 40 hold advanced degrees 23.3% of students receive tuition assistance; tuition assistance is 15% of the budget for fiscal year 2008 Accreditation Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) Friends Council on Education (FCE) Governance Governed by a 22-member Board of Trustees; 51% of the Board of Trustees must be Quakers Annual Budget $4.8 million Endowment $4.5 million; invested according to Quaker principles Fundraising Total Annual Giving (all sources) $270,000 in 2007; exceptionally high rate of participation by current families (100% in 2004; 99% in 2005 & 2006); most recent capital campaign completed in 1999, raised $5 million for building expansion |
Class size Two classes per grade; maximum class size 17, current average 12. 800 alumni/ae; first graduating class 1966 Next Schools CFS graduates attend both independent and public high schools. In recent years students have attended: Arlington High School |
