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List of the oldest public high schools in the United States 

Boston Latin School, the oldest public high school in the United States
Boston Latin School, the oldest public high school in the United States

The following are the oldest public high schools in the United States which are still in operation. While some of these schools have operated as private schools in the past, all are currently public schools. The list does not include schools which have closed, or those which have consolidated with another school to form a new institution. The list is ordered by date of creation, and currently includes schools formed before 1843.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
# Institution Founded Location Reference
1 Boston Latin School 1635 Boston, Massachusetts [1]
2 Hartford Public High School 1638 Hartford, Connecticut [2]
3 Academy of Richmond County 1783 Augusta, Georgia [3]
4 Glynn Academy 1788 Brunswick, Georgia [4]
5 Newburgh Free Academy 1796 Newburgh, New York [5]
6 Woodstock Academy 1801 Woodstock, Connecticut [6]
7 Bacon Academy 1803 Colchester, Connecticut [7]
7 Hampden Academy 1803 Hampden, Maine [8]
9 Columbia High School 1814 Maplewood, New Jersey [9]
10 Delaware Academy 1819 Delhi, New York [10]
11 English High School of Boston 1821 Boston, Massachusetts [11]
11 Portland High School 1821 Portland, Maine [12]
13 Kentucky School for the Deaf 1823 Danville, Kentucky [13]
13 Prattsburgh Central School 1823 Prattsburgh, New York [14]
15 New Bedford High School 1827 New Bedford, Massachusetts [15]
16 Keene High School 1828 Keene, New Hampshire [16]
17 Leon High School 1831 Tallahassee, Florida [17]
17 Lowell High School 1831 Lowell, Massachusetts [18]
17 Newburyport High School 1831 Newburyport, Massachusetts [19]
17 Woodward High School 1831 Cincinnati, Ohio [20]
21 Cambridge High School 1834 Cambridge, Illinois [21]
22 Medford High School 1835 Medford, Massachusetts [22]
23 Bellevue High School 1836 Bellevue, Michigan [23]
23 Central High School 1836 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [24]
25 Auburn High School 1837 Auburn, Alabama [25]
25 Windsor High School 1837 Windsor, New York [26]
27 Barringer High School 1838 Newark, New Jersey [27]
27 Cohasset High School 1838 Cohasset, Massachusetts [28]
27 Taunton High School 1838 Taunton, Massachusetts [29]
27 Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind 1838 Staunton, Virginia [30]
31 Baltimore City College 1839 Baltimore, Maryland [31]
32 Brighton High School 1841 Boston, Massachusetts [32]
32 Haverhill High School 1841 Haverhill, Massachusetts [33]
34 Brookline High School 1843 Brookline, Massachusetts [34]
34 Classical High School 1843 Providence, Rhode Island [35]
34 Drury High School 1843 North Adams, Massachusetts [36]

References

  1. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1761.
  2. ^ R.J. Luke Williams, Hartford Public High School: A Historic School, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Academy of Richmond County, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  4. ^ Glynn Academy > Campus History, retrieved June 25, 2008.
  5. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1810.
  6. ^ Woodstock Academy, Woodstock Academy, founded 1801, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  7. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1705.
  8. ^ www.ha.sad22.us, History of Hampden Academy, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  9. ^ J. Fanning, Columbia High School History Overview, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  10. ^ Delhi Central School District, History of Deleware Academy, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  11. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1761.
  12. ^ Portland High School, School History: The Heritage of Portland High School, retrieved February 13, 2008.
  13. ^ National Park Service, Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  14. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1812.
  15. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1764.
  16. ^ Simon Goodell Griffin;, et al., A history of the town of Keene from 1732, when the township was granted by Massachusetts, to 1874, when it became a city., Keene, N.H., Sentinel Print. Co., 1904, p. 404.
  17. ^ Leon High School Alumni Association, Leon High School History, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  18. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1763.
  19. ^ Newburyport High School, The Clipper's Compass: A Student Handbook, 65th ed.
  20. ^ The Early History of Cincinnati Public Schools, retrieved August 14, 2008.
  21. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1714.
  22. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1763.
  23. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1767.
  24. ^ Amy B. Werbel, "For "Our Age and Country:" Nineteenth-Century Art Education at Central High School", Central High School Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Woodmere Art Museum, 2002, pp. 6-12.
  25. ^ Mollie Hollifield, Auburn: Lovliest Village of the Plain (S.l.: s.n., 1955), 72.
  26. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1815.
  27. ^ Barringer High School, Home of the Blue Bears: Barringer High School History, retrieved February 13, 2008.
  28. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1761.
  29. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1765.
  30. ^ Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, retrieved February 14, 2008.
  31. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1758.
  32. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1760.
  33. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1762.
  34. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1761.
  35. ^ Annual reports of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. Report of the Commissioner of Education. Volume 2., Washington, D.C., US Government Printing Office, p. 1851.
  36. ^ 1898 Drury High School, retrieved February 14, 2008.

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