Oldest Founding Date
- Among "All Schools", view the boarding schools with the oldest founding date (2018-19).
- The "founding dates" below are the dates that schools have traditionally.
- 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 (2018-19)
Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
- Boarding School Year Founded Grades Location
- 1. 1744
Grades: 9-12, PG1079 Firetower Road
Colora, MD 21917
(410)658-9279 - 2. 1746
Grades: 6-12, PG212 East Main Street
Lititz, PA 17543
(717)626-8512 - 3. 1763
Grades: 9-121 Elm Street
Byfield, MA 01922
(978)499-3120 - 4. 1778
Grades: 9-12, PG180 Main Street
Andover, MA 01810
(978)749-4050 - 5. 1781
Grades: 9-12, PG20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833
(603)777-3437 - 6. 1789
Grades: 9-1210900 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301)214-1215 - 7.-8.1792
Grades: 9-12, PGPO Box 190, 66 Cutler Road
East Machias, ME 04630
(207)255-8301 - 9. 1793
Grades: 9-1244 Main Street, PO Box 992
Groton, MA 01450
(978)448-1530 - 11. 1796
Grades: 9-12 | 6-12 (day)22 Spackenkill Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
(845)462-4200 - 13. 1798
Grades: 9-12 | K-12 (day)170 Centre Street
Milton, MA 02186
(617)898-2227 - 14. 1799
Grades: 9-12 | Pre-K-12 (day)975 Westtown Rd
West Chester, PA 19382
(610)399-7900 - 15. 1801
Grades: 9-12, PG57 Academy Rd.Woodstock, CT 06281
Woodstock, CT 06281
(860)928-6575 - 16.-17. 1804
Grades: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)P.O. Box 309
Hebron, ME 04238
(207)966-5225 - 16.-17.1804
Grades: 8-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)423 Main Street
Wilbraham, MA 01095
(413)596-9107 - 18. 1808
Grades: 11-12, PGPO Box 292
North Bridgton, ME 04057
(207)647-3322 - 19. 1810
Grades: 9-12, PG2500 Main Street
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(800)735-2030 - 21. 1813
Grades: 9-12, PG7 Campus Center, PO Box 188
Meriden, NH 03770
(603)469-2100 - 22.-23. 1814
Grades: 9-12, PG285 Pawling Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518)833-1320 - 22.-23.1814
Grades: 7-12 | 5-12 (day)60 Knox Lane
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304)233-1436 - 24. 1820
Grades: 9-12, PG80 Academy Drive
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
(603)569-7200 - 25. 1821
Grades: 9-12, PG70 Main Street
New Hampton, NH 03256
(603)677-3401 - 26. 1823
Grades: 9-12, PG975 West Main Street
Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426
(207)564-8664 - 27. 1824
Grades: 9-12, PGPO Box 257, 1614 Main St., Rte. 17
Kents Hill, ME 04349
(207)685-1606 - 28. 1828
Grades: 9-12, PG785 Beaver Street
Waltham, MA 02452
(781)314-0806 - 29. 1831
Grades: 8-12, PG3042 College St.
Austinburg, OH 44010
(440)275-2811 - 30. 1832
Grades: 9-12, PG8400 Greenspring Avenue
Stevenson, MD 21153
(410)486-7401 - 31. 1833
Grades: 9-12, PGSuffield Academy
Suffield, CT 06078
(860)386-4440 - 32. 1834
Grades: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)81 Providence Street
Worcester, MA 01604
(508)459-5481 - 33.-34. 1836
Grades: 7-1280 chemin Moulton Hill
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z8
(819)566-0238 - 35. 1837
Grades: 9-1261830 Sandy Ridge Road
Barnesville, OH 43713
(740)425-3655 - 36.The Pennington School (United Methodist)1838
Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day)112 West Delaware Avenue
Pennington, NJ 08534
(609)737-6128 - 37. 1839
Grades: 9-121200 N. Quaker Lane
Alexandria, VA 22302
(877)933-4347 - 38. 1841
Grades: 9-12, PG | 7-12, PG (day)19 Payson Avenue
Easthampton, MA 01027
(413)529-3241 - 39.-42. 1842
Grades: 9-1216945 Bayview Ave
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada L3Y4X2
(905)895-1700 - 39.-42.1842
Grades: 8-1217641 College Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301)733-9330 - 39.-42.1842
Grades: 9-12, PG1000 Main Street, PO Box 906
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
(802)751-2130 - 39.-42.1842
Grades: 9-12900 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919)424-4100 - 43. 1843
Grades: 9-1260 Main Street
Farmington, CT 06032
(860)409-3530 - 44.-45. 1844
Grades: 8-12 | Pre-K-12 (day)235 West Frederick Street
Staunton, VA 24401
(540)213-3746 - 44.-45.1844
Grades: 9-12, PG201 North Sprague Ave.
Kingston, PA 18704
(570)270-2160 - 47.-48.1848
Grades: 9-12, PG204 Main Street - P.O. Box 500
Andover, NH 03216
(603)735-6652 - 49. 1850
Grades: 9-12 | K-12 (day)1500 Butterfield Road
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415)258-1905 - 50.-51. 1851
Grades: 9-12, PG205 Bidwell Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716)885-6780 - 52. 1853
Grades: 7-12, PG2522 Grier School Road
Tyrone, PA 16686
(814)684-3000 - 53. 1854
Grades: 7-12304 S. Beach Blvd.
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
(228)467-9057 - 54. 1855
Grades: 9-12101 North University
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
(800)860-7725 - 55. 1856
Grades: 9-12325 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603)229-4700 - 56.-57. 1857
Grades: 9-12, PG1500 West Kennedy Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(847)615-3267 - 56.-57.1857
Grades: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)2280 Watertower Road, Box 4000
Collegeville, MN 56321
(800)525-7737 - 58. 1858
Grades: 9-12, PG1000 Shumway Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
(507)333-1618 - 59.-60. 1863
Grades: 9-12 | K-12 (day)563 Kamoku Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
(808)943-2279 - 59.-60.1863
Grades: 9-121000 Green St.
Atchison, KS 66002
(913)367-5482 - 61. 1864
Grades: 9-12, PG201 South Main Street
Hightstown, NJ 08520
(609)944-7501 - 62.-64. 1865
Grades: 9-12, PG39 School Street, P.O. Box 8000
Ashburnham, MA 01430
(978)827-7300 - 62.-64.1865
Grades: 9-1225 Marlboro Road
Southborough, MA 01772
(508)786-6118 - 62.-64.1865
Grades: 9-12 | 5-12 (day)55 Deblaquire St N.
Port Hope, Canada L1A4K
(905)885-3217 - 65.-66. 1866
Grades: 7-9 | K-9 (day)48 Main Street
Southborough, MA 01772
(508)490-8201 - 65.-66.1866
Grades: 9-12, PG295 Main Street
Pittsfield, ME 04967
(207)487-2282 - 67.-69. 1867
Grades: 9-12PO Box 127, 168 Institute Circle
Lyndon Center, VT 05850
(802)535-3700 - 67.-69.1867
Grades: 8-12, PG1500 Glencoe Road
Sparks Glencoe, MD 21152
(410)472-4800 - 67.-69.1867
Grades: 8-12, PG314 Mountain Road
Cornwall on Hudson, NY 12520
(845)458-7542 - 70. 1868
Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day)290 Quintard Rd.
Sewanee, TN 37375
(931)598-5651 - 71.-72. 1869
Grades: 9-12, PG | Pre-K-12, PG (day)6300 SW Nicol Road
Portland, OR 97223
(503)768-3115 - 71.-72.1869
Grades: 7-12, PG574 Bernardston Road
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413)774-2711 - 73. 1870
Grades: 7-12 | 6-12 (day)319 Webb Road East
Bell Buckle, TN 37020
(931)389-6003 - 74. 1871
Grades: 9-12550 S. Albert St.
Saint Paul, MN 55116
(312)416-1955 - 75.-76. 1874
Grades: 9-1254 W. Main Street Box 691
Baltic, CT 06330
(860)822-6279 - 75.-76.1874
Grades: 9-12, PGOffice of Admission
Windsor, CT 06095
(860)687-6400 - 77.-78. 1875
Grades: 6-12, PG200 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
(215)679-9511 - 77.-78.1875
Grades: 8-12, PG120 South 100 West
Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647
(435)462-1400 - 79.-80.1876
Grades: 9-12, PG10 Long Walk
Saxtons River, VT 05154
(802)869-6229 - 81.-82. 1877
Grades: 9-12 | 5-12 (day)49 Clinton Avenue
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(914)479-6420 - 81.-82.1877
Grades: 6-1240 College Hill Road
Rothesay, New Brunswick, Canada E2E 5H1
(506)847-8224 - 83.-84. 1878
Grades: 8-12, PG1000 Samuel Miller Loop
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434)823-4805 - 83.-84.Oak Hill Academy (Baptist)1878
Grades: 8-122635 Oak Hill Road
Mouth of Wilson, VA 24363
(276)579-2619 - 85.-88. 1879
Grades: 7-12225 S. Wayne Avenue
Waynesboro, VA 22980
(800)946-7773 - 85.-88.1879
Grades: 9-12, PGPO Box 1879
Plymouth, NH 03264
(603)536-1747 - 85.-88.1879
Grades: 9-124391 County Rd. 29
Lakefield, Canada K0L2H0
(705)652-3324 - 85.-88.1879
Grades: 9-12, PGOne Lamplighter Way
Mount Hermon, MA 01354
(413)498-3227 - 89.-90. 1880
Grades: 9-12112 Broad Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(312)416-1955 - 89.-90.1880
Grades: 7-12, PG | Pre-K-12, PG (day)202 Smothers Road
Seymour, TN 37865
(865)573-8321 - 91. 1881
Grades: 9-1245 Dana Road
Wellesley, MA 02482
(781)489-1331 - 92.-93. 1883
Grades: 7-12 | 6-12 (day)9790 Thayer Street
Houghton, NY 14744
(585)567-8115 - 92.-93.1883
Grades: 9-12423 Fox Chapel Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
(412)968-3180 - 94.-97. 1884
Grades: 9-12827 N. Tacoma Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98403
(253)284-8600 - 94.-97.Groton School (Episcopal)1884
Grades: 8-12282 Farmers Row, Box 991
Groton, MA 01450
(978)448-7510 - 94.-97.1884
Grades: 7-125755 North State Road 9/P.O. Box 240
Howe, IN 46746
(888)462-4693 - 94.-97.1884
Grades: 7-121101 Genesee Street
Delafield, WI 53018 - 98. 1885
Grades: 9-123535 Commerce Rd.
Orchard Lake, MI 48324
(248)431-1697 - 99.-100. 1886
Grades: 9-12, PG45 Georgian Road
Weston, MA 02493
(781)642-8650 - 99.-100.1886
Grades: 9-12, PG371 West Farm Road
Bethlehem, NH 03574
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