Boarding Schools with the Oldest Founding Date

Oldest Founding Date

Among "All-Girls Schools," view the five boarding schools with the "oldest founding date." First, some important notes:

The "founding dates" below are the dates that schools have traditionally listed as the official year of their founding.
Note that the definition of "founding date" may differ slightly from school to school (e.g., whether it selects the year the school first received its charter or the year it first admitted students - regardless, the differences between the two are often small)

Among All-Girls Schools (out of 29 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)		* Indicates Boarding Grades Offered
Boarding School	Type	Grades*	Year Founded
1. Linden Hall	All-Girls	6-12, PG	1746
2. Salem Academy	All-Girls	9-12	1772
3. Emma Willard School	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1814
4. Saint Mary's School	All-Girls	9-12	1842
5. Miss Porter's School	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1843

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)		* Indicates Boarding Grades Offered
Boarding School	Type	Grades*	Year Founded
6. Stuart Hall School	All-Girls	8-12	1844
7. San Domenico School	All-Girls	9-12	1850
8. Buffalo Seminary	All-Girls	9-12	1851
9. Grier School	All-Girls	6-12, PG	1853
10.-11. The Bishop Strachan School	All-Girls	7-12	1867
10.-11. Oldfields School	All-Girls	8-12, PG	1867
12. Stoneleigh-Burnham School	All-Girls	7-12, PG	1869
13. Academy of the Holy Family	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1874
14. Dana Hall School	All-Girls	9-12	1881
15. St. Timothy's School	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1882
16. Annie Wright School	All-Girls	9-12	1884
17.-18. Chatham Hall	All-Girls	9-12	1894
17.-18. Havergal College	All-Girls	9-12	1894
19. Miss Hall's School	All-Girls	9-12	1898
20. The Madeira School	All-Girls	9-12	1906
21. Westover School	All-Girls	9-12	1909
22. Garrison Forest School	All-Girls	8-12	1910
23. The Ethel Walker School	All-Girls	9-12	1911
24. The Hockaday School	All-Girls	8-12	1913
25. Foxcroft School	All-Girls	9-12	1914
26. St. Margaret's School	All-Girls	8-12	1921
27. Brenau Academy	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1928
28. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy	All-Girls	9-12	1931
29. Santa Catalina School	All-Girls	9-12	1950
30. Purnell School	All-Girls	9-12	1963