Ethical Culture Fieldston School

Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Address
33 Central Park West New York City , New York 10023 United States
Coordinates	40°53′21″N 73°54′23″W / 40.88917°N 73.90639°W / 40.88917; -73.90639
Information
Type	Private, day, college-preparatory
Motto	Latin: Fiat lux ("Let there be light")
Established	1878; 146 years ago (1878)
Founder	Felix Adler
Head of school	Kyle Wilkie-Glass
Teaching staff	Approx. 270
Grades	PK–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,662
Student to teacher ratio	6:1
Campus size	18 acres (73,000 m2)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Orange
Athletics conference	Ivy Preparatory School League
Mascot	Eagle
Accreditation	National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Newspaper	Fieldston News and Fieldston Political Journal
Yearbook	Fieldglass
Other publications	Fieldston News The Fieldston LP, Fieldston Lit Mag, Middle School News, Dope Ink Prints, The Hill Chronicle, Inklings, The Fieldston Political Journal
Song	"Fieldston Lower School" (Fieldston Lower School) "It's the Feeling Inside" (Ethical Culture) "I'm On My Way" (Middle School) "Iam Canamus" (Upper School)
Website	www.ecfs.org

Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), also known as Fieldston or Ethical Culture, is a private pre-K–12th grade coeducational school in New York City with two campuses in Manhattan and the Bronx. The school is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. The school serves approximately 1,700 students with 480 faculty and staff.^[1]

The school consists of four divisions: Ethical Culture (Pre-K through 5th grade, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan), Fieldston Lower (in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, also serves Pre-K through 5th grade), Fieldston Middle (6th–8th grades, in Riverdale), and Fieldston Upper (9th–12th grades, in Riverdale). Tuition and fees for ECFS were $60,595 for the 2022–2023 school year and $63,020 for the 2023–2024 school year.^[2][3]