Ramallah Friends School

The Ramallah Friends School is a Pre-Kindergarten through 12, co-educational Quaker school with two beautiful campuses in the neighboring towns of Ramallah and El-Bireh in Palestine. The Lower and Upper campuses were founded in 1869 and 1901 respectively, for the purpose of offering Palestinian youth a rigorous program guided by the Quaker values of equality, simplicity and peace. Today, Ramallah Friends School has two coeducational campuses located in the twin towns of Ramallah and El-Bireh, approximately ten miles north of Jerusalem. We strive to have a student body representative of Palestinian society by accepting applicants from diverse social, religious, and economic backgrounds. Ramallah Friends School is accredited by the Palestinian Ministry of Education and the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). RFS is the only school in Palestine considered as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for offering the Diploma Program for 11th and 12th grade students, the Middle Years Program for grades 6th through 10th, and the Primary Years Program (PYP) for grades LKG through 5th. From Kindergarten through 12th grade, students learn to think critically with global mindsets. We currently employ over 150 highly-qualified faculty and staff members, mostly from the local community along with a number of international teachers.