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Coordinates | 40°53′21″N 73°54′23″W / 40.88917°N 73.90639°W |
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Type | Private, day, college-preparatory |
Motto | Latin: Fiat lux ("Let there be light") |
Established | 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 |
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Website | www.ecfs.org |
Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), also known as Fieldston, 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]