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)

Oldest Founding Date:

Among All-Girls Schools (out of 28 schools)

Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)		* Indicates Boarding Grades Offered
Boarding School	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	School Type	Grades*	Year Founded
6. Stuart Hall School	All-Girls	8-12	1844
7. Grier School	All-Girls	7-12, PG	1853
8. San Domenico School	All-Girls	9-12	1865
9.-10. The Bishop Strachan School	All-Girls	7-12	1867
9.-10. Oldfields School	All-Girls	8-12, PG	1867
11. Stoneleigh-Burnham School	All-Girls	7-12, PG	1869
12. Academy of the Holy Family	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1874
13. Dana Hall School	All-Girls	9-12	1881
14. St. Timothy's School	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1882
15. Annie Wright School	All-Girls	9-12	1884
16.-17. Chatham Hall	All-Girls	9-12	1894
16.-17. Havergal College	All-Girls	9-12	1894
18. Miss Hall's School	All-Girls	9-12	1898
19. The Madeira School	All-Girls	9-12	1906
20. Westover School	All-Girls	9-12	1909
21. Garrison Forest School	All-Girls	8-12	1910
22. The Ethel Walker School	All-Girls	9-12	1911
23. The Hockaday School	All-Girls	8-12	1913
24. Foxcroft School	All-Girls	9-12	1914
25. St. Margaret's School	All-Girls	8-12	1921
26. Brenau Academy	All-Girls	9-12, PG	1928
27. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy	All-Girls	9-12	1931
28. Santa Catalina School	All-Girls	9-12	1950
29. Purnell School	All-Girls	9-12	1963

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