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Ranking Basis

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Scoring Mechanism: Each of the 46 distinct data points is evaluated using unique mathematical models, scoring based on its position within the overall data distribution.

Basis for Ranking: Instead of absolute values, we focus on relative differences in data. There is no fixed score threshold for separating schools; instead, the “admission cutoff” is adjusted annually based on data trends, similar to college entrance exams.

Evaluation Mechanism

The school page currently displays an evaluation card that includes an overall rating and ratings across five key categories, totaling 46 data points. The five categories are: Geographic Community, Academic Strength, Matriculation Level, Extracurricular Activities, and FindingSchool Reviews. Visitors can easily view the overall score and ratings for each dimension (ranging from A+ to C). For boarding schools, detailed total score rankings are also included

The data used for evaluations and rankings comes from three primary sources: official school data, public data, and user-submitted data on FindingSchool.

Scoring Mechanism

The entire scoring system is based on mathematical models derived from statistical analysis of samples from hundreds of schools across various levels. Each data point receives a corresponding rating based on its percentile position within the overall predicted distribution.

  • In the boarding school evaluation:: A- and above account for 45% of the total, B- and above account for 40%, C accounts for 15%.

  • In the day school evaluation: A- and above account for 30% of the total, B- and above account for 51%, C and others account for 19%.

2025 Evaluation Methodology

1. [30% - Matriculation Dimension]: Ivy League admission rate, admission rate for Top 25 National Universities and Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 50 National Universities and Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges, admission rate for Top 100 National Universities and Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges, along with a summary of historical admissions data.

2. [24% - Academic Dimension]: Course offerings (AP, IB, Honors, and Advanced courses), percentage of teachers with a master’s degree or higher, percentage of AP exam scores of 3, 4, or 5, average scores on standardized tests (SAT and ACT), scores in AMC math competitions, and results in FRC robotics competitions.

3. [14% - Extracurricular Activities]: Alumni donation rate, number of clubs and activities, ratings for competitive sports teams, and ratings for arts programs.

4. [12% - FindingSchool Reviews]: FindingSchool website rating, review comments on FindingSchool, and historical rating trends.

5. [8% - Geographic Community]: State resource evaluation, density score of nearby top universities, distance to the nearest international airport, convenience of local amenities, transportation convenience, city crime rate, and educational level of the local population.

Overall
C
Matriculation B+
Academics C
Extracurriculars C
Community B-
Reviews
Olney Friends School, established in 1837, is a co-educational college preparatory boarding school for 65-70 students in grades 9 through 12, offering an intellectually challenging program within a supportive Quaker community. We celebrate intellectual vigor, provoke questions of conscience, and nurture skills for living in community. Olney Friends School's students come from diverse international, religious, social and economic backgrounds. Every graduate is accepted into at least one four-year college. Our 350-acre campus is 90 minutes west of Pittsburgh.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$37900
Enrollment
50
International Students
30%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
50%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:3
Average SAT Score
1130
Class Size
8
Boarding %
94

Matriculation


Matriculation

(2019-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#17 Cornell University 1
#18 Columbia University 1
#25 New York University 1
#44 Northeastern University 1
#51 Purdue University 1
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1
#63 Agnes Scott College 1
#67 Texas A&M University 1
#68 Kalamazoo College 1
#70 Wofford College 1
#72 Fordham University 1
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1
#72 Knox College 1
#76 Allegheny College 1
#76 College of Wooster 1
#77 Michigan State University 1
#81 Beloit College 1
#81 Earlham College 1
#83 Gonzaga University 1
#83 Marquette University 1
#83 University of Iowa 1
#85 University of Puget Sound 1
#89 Elon University 1
#89 Juniata College 1
#89 St. Mary's College of Maryland 1
SUNY University at Buffalo 1
#89 Ursinus College 1
LAC #18 Haverford College 1
#94 Lewis & Clark College 1
Auburn University 1
#97 Clark University 1
#97 University of Illinois at Chicago 1
#100 Cornell College 1
#102 Transylvania University 1
#105 Drexel University 1
#105 Rochester Institute of Technology 1
#105 University of Arizona 1
#105 University of Oregon 1
#105 University of San Francisco 1
#105 University of Utah 1
#107 Whittier College 1
#111 Birmingham-Southern College 1
#111 Goucher College 1
#111 Ohio Wesleyan University 1
#120 Hampshire College 1
#120 Roanoke College 1
Arizona State University 1
#121 Temple University 1
#127 Clarkson University 1
#127 Illinois Institute of Technology 1
#127 University of Dayton 1
#130 Eckerd College 1
LAC #27 Colorado College 1
#137 DePaul University 1
#137 Seattle University 1
#147 Wittenberg University 1
#151 Colorado State University 1
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College 1
LAC #31 Kenyon College 1
#166 Xavier University 1
#176 Catholic University of America 1
#176 University of Arkansas 3
#212 Washington State University 1
#219 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1
#219 Widener University 1
LAC #45 DePauw University 1
#234 Pace University 1
#234 Suffolk University 1
#250 Wayne State University 1
#263 George Fox University 1
#285 University of Toledo 1
#299 Marymount University 1
Albright College 1
Alderson-Broaddus University 1
Appalachian State University 1
Art Institute of Pittsburgh 1
Bethany College 1
Bluffton University 1
Bowling Green State University: Firelands College 1
Brevard College 1
Canisius College 1
Chaminade University of Honolulu 1
Cleveland Institute of Art 1
Cleveland State University 1
College for Creative Studies 1
College of Charleston 1
College of Idaho 1
Colorado State University: Pueblo 1
Columbus College of Art and Design 1
D'Youville College 1
Davis and Elkins College 1
Eastern Mennonite University 1
Evergreen State College 1
Fayetteville Technical Community College 1
Florida SouthWestern State College 1
Frostburg State University 1
Geneva College 1
Goshen College 1
Green Mountain College 1
Guilford College 1
Heidelberg University 1
Hiram College 1
Indiana State University 1
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1
Ithaca College 1
Johnson & Wales University: Providence 1
Kent State University: Ashtabula 1
Linfield College 1
LIU Brooklyn 1
Loyola University Maryland 1
Lynn University 1
Manchester Community College 1
Maryland Institute College of Art 1
Maryville College 1
McDaniel College 1
Mercyhurst University 1
Miami University: Middletown 1
Mills College 1
Mount Ida College 1
Muskingum University 1
New Mexico Highlands University 1
New York Institute of Technology 1
Northland College 1
Ohio Northern University 1
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1
Otterbein University 1
parsons school of design 1
Penn State Altoona 1
Penn State University Park 1
Penn State York 1
Pratt Institute 1
Radford University 1
Remington College: Little Rock 1
Rhode Island School of Design 1
Robert Morris University: Chicago 1
Saint Leo University 1
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1
School of Visual Arts 1
Seton Hill University 1
St. Cloud Technical and Community College 1
St. Edward's University 1
St. John's College 1
SUNY College at Brockport 1
SUNY College at Fredonia 1
The King's College 1
Unity College 1
University of Akron 1
University of Central Missouri 1
University of Colorado Boulder 1
University of Maine at Machias 1
University of North Carolina at Asheville 1
University of Northern Colorado 1
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 1
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg 1
University of Portland 1
University of Rio Grande 1
Warner Pacific University 1
Warren Wilson College 1
Western Washington University 1
Westminster College 1
Wheaton College-Norton-MA 1
Wheeling Jesuit University 1
William Woods University 1
Wilmington College 1
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2017-2019 2016-2017 2013-2015 Total
All schools 56 55 10 8
#3 Harvard College 1 1
#12 Columbia University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#12 Cornell University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#18 Dartmouth College 1 1
#35 New York University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 + 4
#47 Texas A&M University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#51 Purdue University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#53 Northeastern University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#60 Michigan State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 + 4
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 + 3
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#76 SUNY University at Buffalo 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#82 University of Illinois at Chicago 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#86 Marquette University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#89 Fordham University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 + 4
#89 Temple University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#93 Auburn University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#93 Gonzaga University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#93 University of Iowa 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#98 Drexel University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 + 4
#98 Illinois Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#98 University of Oregon 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#98 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#105 Arizona State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#115 University of San Francisco 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#115 University of Utah 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#115 University of Arizona 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#133 Elon University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#133 University of Dayton 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#142 Clark University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 1 + 4
#142 Clarkson University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#151 Colorado State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#151 DePaul University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#163 Seattle University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#178 University of Arkansas 3 admitted 1 +admitted 4
#178 Washington State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#178 Catholic University of America 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#178 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#201 Wayne State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#201 Xavier University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#227 Kent State University 1 +admitted 1
#227 Widener University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#249 Pace University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#249 Suffolk University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#269 George Fox University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#304 Radford University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#320 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#320 Marymount University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#320 Cleveland State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#352 University of Northern Colorado 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#369 long island university-liu post 1 +admitted 1
#382 Indiana State University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#390 Saint Leo University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
William Woods University 1 admitted 1
Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
Penn State University Park 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2019-2023 2017-2019 2016-2017 2013-2015 Total
All schools 36 32 2 0
#21 Haverford College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#30 Bryn Mawr College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#33 Colorado College 1 admitted 1
#39 Kenyon College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 1 3
#46 DePauw University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#59 Wofford College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#63 Agnes Scott College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#70 Kalamazoo College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#75 St. John's College 1 admitted 1
#75 Allegheny College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#75 Wheaton College-Norton-MA 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#75 Knox College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#82 Juniata College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#82 St. Mary's College of Maryland 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#86 Beloit College 1 admitted 1
#86 Ursinus College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#89 University of Puget Sound 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#93 Whittier College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#93 Lewis & Clark College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#100 Earlham College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#107 Linfield College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#116 Cornell College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#116 Ohio Wesleyan University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#121 Transylvania University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#124 Goucher College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#130 Eckerd College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#130 Roanoke College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#135 Birmingham-Southern College 1 admitted 1
#139 University of North Carolina at Asheville 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#139 Hampshire College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#146 Albright College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#152 Wittenberg University 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#167 The King's College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#167 Guilford College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
#172 Maryville College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2
Warren Wilson College 1 admitted 1 +admitted 2

Academics

Sports

(2)
Basketball
Soccer
Volleyball
Frisbee

Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(7)
All-School Sing
Electives in theater, photography, 2-D art, 3-D art
Farm Team
Gymnastics -- for the whole school
Soccer, Field Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Running, Strength/Conditioning, Yoga
Student Self-Government
All-School Sing
Electives in theater, photography, 2-D art, 3-D art
Farm Team
Gymnastics -- for the whole school
Soccer, Field Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball, Running, Strength/Conditioning, Yoga
Student Self-Government
Tech Crew
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Arts

(4)
Music
Theater
Film
Studio Art

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12
Rural
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1837
Campus Size: 350 acres
Boarding Rate: 94%
Religious Affiliation: school.Quakers

Application Info

Deadline: Rolling
Other Accepted Scores: SSAT,TOEFL,SLEP
School Code:
TOEFL: 2020

Frequently Ask Questions about Olney Friends School

Tell me a bit about Olney Friends School.
Olney Friends School is Co-ed private boarding school located in Ohio, US. It was founded 1837 , and currently has about 50 students, 30.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.olneyfriends.org.
Does Olney Friends School have rigorous academic requirements?
Olney Friends School also have 50% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Olney Friends School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 7.69% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 0% go to top 25, and about 7.69% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for Olney Friends School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Olney Friends School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Olney Friends School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Olney Friends School in 2024 is $37,900 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admissions@olneyfriends.org .
Where is Olney Friends School located?
Olney Friends School is located in the State of Ohio of USA.
How popular is Olney Friends School on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Olney Friends School is within top 600 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Olney Friends School has been favorited by 16 users.
How to start with an application with Olney Friends School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Olney Friends School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Olney Friends School’s official site: http://www.olneyfriends.org or call them at 740-425-3655 ext 214.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Olney Friends School?
Yes, here are few: The Linsly School,

What is the FindingSchool rating for Olney Friends School?
The overall rating for Olney Friends School is C.

The section ratings of Olney Friends School are:
B+ for Matriculation
C for Academics
C for Extracurriculum
B- for Community

Nearby City

Columbus, Ohio’s state capital, is known for its vibrant downtown and cultural attractions. The Scioto Mile stretches along the riverfront, featuring parks, trails, and an interactive fountain. The COSI science center offers engaging exhibits and a planetarium. The Columbus Museum of Art showcases a wide range of art, from American to European masterpieces, along with a beautiful sculpture garden. Nearby, the historic German Village district is home to charming brick houses and cobblestone streets, offering a glimpse into the city’s 19th-century past.

Population (2022) 754,885
Cost of Living Lower than the national average 11%

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