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We are an independent  coeducational day school for students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12.

TOTAL STUDENTS

1,312

YEARS EDUCATING

110

BORING DAYS

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Our mission is to create and inspire a diverse community of independent thinkers whose academic excellence, global perspective, and strength of character prepare them to make a meaningful difference in the world.

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“The end and aim of all education is the development of character. Love of truth, justice, and mercy; benevolence, humility, patience, and self-control, are recognized the world over, as some of the essentials that should govern human action."

- Colonel Francis W. Parker

 

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Francis Parker School is an independent coeducational day school for students in Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12 from across San Diego County. Our mission is to inspire a diverse community of independent thinkers whose academic excellence, global perspective, and strength of character prepare them to make a meaningful difference in the world.

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Francis Parker School values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty, and staff from different backgrounds. All employment decisions are made without regard to unlawful considerations of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, creed, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law.