Abington Friens School, founded in 1697, is a K-12 private Quaker secondary school in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania (a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia). It is the oldest primary and secondary educational institution in the United States to operate continuously at the same location under the same management , however it was not the first school in Pennsylvania. Based in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, it is bounded by both Meetinghouse Road and Washington Lane. The still-standing school had been in existence for about 79 years when George Washington marched his troops down Washington Lane.