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Buckingham Friends School

Buckingham Friends School is a Quaker (Friends) private school in Lahaska, PA, serving grades K–8 with 170 students and an 8.5:1 student–teacher ratio. Figures come from the federal Private School Universe Survey — tuition is not collected there, so confirm cost directly with the school.

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GradesK–8
Enrollment170
Students / teacher8.5
AffiliationQuaker (Friends)
EnrollsCoeducational
Location
TownLahaska, PA
ZIP18931
5684 York Rd, Lahaska, PA 18931. Data: NCES federal directory — confirm details with the school before you rely on them.

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What the federal survey actually reports.

Buckingham Friends School is classified as Other religious, affiliated with an established denomination. Its 170-student body sits above the 27-student median for a Bucks County private school — 18th largest of the 66 that reported enrollment. At 8.5 students per teacher it runs leaner than the county private-school median of 10. The reported school day runs 7.1 hours — worth checking against your commute and childcare window.

Grade span
K–8
Kindergarten through 8th grade
Enrollment
170
Size band: 150-299 students
Teachers (FTE)
19.9
8.5 students per teacher
Level
Elementary
Coeducational
Affiliation
Quaker (Friends)
Other religious
School day
7.1 hrs
As reported to PSS
Reported student body shares
  • White87.1%
  • Black5.9%
  • Hispanic3.5%
  • Asian3.5%

Individual categories as reported to PSS. Pacific Islander, American Indian, and two-or-more-races shares are collected separately and are not shown here, so these figures do not sum to 100%.

Private-school figures: NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2021-22 public-use data file . PSS is a biennial census of private schools and does not collect tuition — confirm cost, admissions, and current grade range with the school directly.

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Buckingham Friends School admits by application, not by address, and only covers grades K–8 — so a Lahaska home still sits in a public attendance zone you should check separately.

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A Lahaska homeowner pays the full school levy whether or not their child attends Buckingham Friends School — budget tuition on top of it, not instead of it.

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Directory data: NCES EDGE open data — School Characteristics (CCD 2024–2025) and Private School Locations (PSS 2023–2024), retrieved July 18, 2026. Enrollment and staffing figures are the most recent federal reporting year and change annually — verify with the school or district.

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Buckingham Friends School takes students from across the area, so it does not fix your Lahaska attendance zone. Confirm the public assignment for any address you tour — that is what the price reflects.

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