Oldest Founding Date
Among "All-Boys Schools", view the boarding schools with the oldest founding date (2021).
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 (2021)
Among All-Boys Schools (out of 32 schools)
Sorted by range (alphabetically within range)
- Boarding School Year Founded Grades Location
- 1.Rank: #1 1789
Grades: 9-1210900 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 214-1215 - 2.Rank: #2 1808
Grades: 11-12, PGPO Box 292
North Bridgton, ME 04057
(207) 647-3322 - 3.Rank: #3 1831
Grades: 8-12, PG3042 College St.
Austinburg, OH 44010
(440) 275-2811 -
- 4.Rank: #4 1854
Grades: 7-12304 S. Beach Blvd.
Bay St. Louis, MS 39520
(228) 467-9057 - 5.Rank: #5 1879
Grades: 7-12225 S. Wayne Avenue
Waynesboro, VA 22980
(540) 946-7706 - 6.Rank: #6 1887
Grades: 7-12405 North Subiaco Avenue
Subiaco, AR 72865
(479) 422-9775 - 7.Rank: #7 1888
Grades: 9-12, PG1888 Brett Lane
Saltsburg, PA 15681
(724) 639-8035 - 8.-9.Rank: #8-9 1889
Grades: 7-12, PG204 Grand Street
Mexico, MO 65265
(573) 581-1776 - 8.-9.Rank: #8-91889
Grades: 9-12241 Woodberry Station
Woodberry Forest, VA 22989
(888) 798-9371 - 10.Rank: #10 1892
Grades: 7-12, PG520 Hwy. 1 North
Camden, SC 29020
(800) 948-6291 - 11.-12.Rank: #11-12 1898
Grades: 7-12, PGP.O. 278, 4744 James Madison Hwy
Fork Union, VA 23055
(800) 462-3862 - 11.-12.Rank: #11-121898
Grades: 6-12174 Ward Circle
Camp Hill, AL 36850
(256) 675-6260 - 13.Rank: #13 1900
Grades: 8-12500 Christ School Road
Asheville, NC 28704
(828) 684-6232 - 14.-15.Rank: #14-15 1901
Grades: 4-9404 Robin Hill Street
Marlborough, MA 01752
(508) 485-3483 - 14.-15.Rank: #14-151901
Grades: 9-12, PG251 Canaan Road
Salisbury, CT 06068
(860) 435-5732 - 16.Rank: #16 1905
Grades: 9-12, PG | 6-12, PG (day)500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
(800) 234-2163 - 17.-18.Rank: #17-18 1907
Grades: 6-122001 Riverside Drive
Gainesville, GA 30501
(800) 462-2338 - 17.-18.Rank: #17-181907
Grades: 8-12, PG | 7-12, PG (day)700 Route 22
Pawling, NY 12564
(845) 855-4825 - 19.-20.Rank: #19-20 1909
Grades: 9-12273 Mayo Drive
St. George, VA 22935
(434) 985-2811 - 19.-20.Rank: #19-201909
Grades: 7-12, PG200 Military Drive
Chatham, VA 24531
(800) 432-2480 - 21.-22.Rank: #21-22 1910
Grades: 7-122605 Carlsbad Blvd.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(888) 762-2338 - 21.-22.Rank: #21-221910
Grades: 6-12425 South Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
(314) 692-6640 - 23.Rank: #23 1922
Grades: 6-9271 Pine Nook Road, P.O. Box 7
Deerfield, MA 01342
(413) 774-9111 - 24.Rank: #24 1927
Grades: 9-12, PG500 Old Farms Road
Avon, CT 06001
(800) 464-2866 - 25.Rank: #25 1928
Grades: 7-121001 Eagle Road
Wayne, PA 19087
(610) 989-1200 - 26.Rank: #26 1930
Grades: 8-12 | 1-12 (day)4175 West 29th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6S1V1
(604) 221-3890 - 27.Rank: #27 1945
Grades: 6-962 Alumni Drive
Canaan, NH 03741
(603) 523-3548 - 28.Rank: #28 1946
Grades: 6-12, PG583 Sugartown Road
Malvern, PA 19355
(610) 644-1754 - 29.Rank: #29 1965
Grades: 7-12, PG320 Iwo Jima Blvd
Harlingen, TX 78550 - 30.Rank: #30 1970
Grades: 9-1222520 Mount Michael Road
Elkhorn, NE 68022
(402) 238-1457 - 31.-32.Rank: #31-32 1978
Grades: 6-1214 Greenwood Lane
Putney, VT 05346
(802) 387-4545 - 31.-32.Rank: #31-321978
Grades: 5-126727 South Chippawa Rd
Wellandport, Ontario, Canada 12345
(905) 386-6203
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