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List of the oldest public high schools in the United States

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List of the oldest public high schools in the United States
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The following are the oldest public high schools in the United States that 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 that have closed or consolidated with another school to form a new institution. The list is ordered by date of creation, and currently includes schools formed before 1870.

  1. Boston Latin School (1635), Boston, Massachusetts[2][3]
  2. Hartford Public High School (1638), Hartford, Connecticut[4]
  3. Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (1648), Cambridge, Massachusetts[5]
  4. Hopkins Academy (1664), Hadley, Massachusetts[6]
  5. Academy of Richmond County (1773), Augusta, Georgia[7]
  6. Erasmus Hall (1786), Brooklyn, New York[8]
  7. Glynn Academy (1788), Brunswick, Georgia[9]
  8. Canandaigua Academy (1791), Canandaigua, New York[10]
  9. Westford Academy (1792), Westford, Massachusetts[11]
  10. Oxford Academy and Central Schools (1794), Oxford, New York[12]
  11. Newburgh Free Academy (1796), Newburgh, New York[13]
  12. Woodstock Academy (1801), Woodstock, Connecticut[14] ("a quasi-private, independent school"[15])
  13. Monmouth Academy (1803), Monmouth, Maine
  14. Bacon Academy (1803), Colchester, Connecticut[16]
  15. Hampden Academy (1803), Hampden, Maine[17]
  16. Pinkerton Academy (1814), Derry, New Hampshire (not strictly public, yet not private)
  17. Columbia High School (1814), Maplewood, New Jersey[18]
  18. Cony High School (1815), Augusta, Maine[19]
  19. Bel Air High School (1816), Bel Air, Maryland[20]
  20. Pembroke Academy (1818), Pembroke, New Hampshire[21]
  21. Delaware Academy (1819), Delhi, New York[22]
  22. English High School of Boston (1821), Boston, Massachusetts[3]
  23. Portland High School (1821), Portland, Maine[23]
  24. Kentucky School for the Deaf (1823), Danville, Kentucky[24]
  25. Prattsburgh Central School (1823), Prattsburgh, New York[25]
  26. New Bedford High School (1827), New Bedford, Massachusetts[26]
  27. Norcross High School (1827), Norcross, Georgia
  28. Keene High School (1828), Keene, New Hampshire[27]
  29. Elyria High School (1830), Elyria, Ohio[28]
  30. Lahainaluna High School (1831), Maui, Hawaii[29]
  31. Leon High School (1831), Tallahassee, Florida[30]
  32. Lowell High School (1831), Lowell, Massachusetts[31]
  33. Newburyport High School (1831), Newburyport, Massachusetts[32]
  34. Woodward High School (1831), Cincinnati, Ohio[33]
  35. Cambridge High School (1834), Cambridge, Illinois[34]
  36. Medford High School (1835), Medford, Massachusetts[31]
  37. Bellevue High School (1836), Bellevue, Michigan[35]
  38. Central High School (1836), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[36]
  39. Auburn High School (1837), Auburn, Alabama[37]
  40. Windsor High School (1837), Windsor, New York[38]
  41. Barringer High School (1838), Newark, New Jersey[39]
  42. Cohasset High School (1838), Cohasset, Massachusetts[3]
  43. Nantucket High School (1838), Nantucket, Massachusetts[40]
  44. Taunton High School (1838), Taunton, Massachusetts[41]
  45. Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (1838), Staunton, Virginia[42]
  46. Baltimore City College (1839), Baltimore, Maryland[43]
  47. Gloucester High School (1839), Gloucester, Massachusetts[40]
  48. Middletown High School (1840), Middletown, Connecticut[44]
  49. Brighton High School (1841), Boston, Massachusetts[45]
  50. Haverhill High School (1841), Haverhill, Massachusetts[46]
  51. Warren Easton Charter High School, formerly known as Boys High School (1843), New Orleans, Louisiana
  52. Brookline High School (1843), Brookline, Massachusetts[3]
  53. Classical High School (1843), Providence, Rhode Island[47]
  54. Drury High School (1843), North Adams, Massachusetts[48]
  55. Tennessee School for the Deaf (1844), Knoxville, Tennessee[49]
  56. Western High School (1844), Baltimore, Maryland[50]
  57. Charlestown High School (1845), Boston, Massachusetts[40]
  58. Lyons High School (1845), Lyons, New York[51]
  59. Mary D. Bradford High School (1845), Kenosha, Wisconsin[52]
  60. New Braunfels High School (1845), New Braunfels, Texas[53]
  61. Windsor High School (1845), Windsor, Vermont[54]
  62. Chelsea High School (1846), Chelsea, Massachusetts[3]
  63. Concord High School (1846), Concord, New Hampshire[55]
  64. Georgia School for the Deaf (1846), Cave Spring, Georgia[56]
  65. Manchester Central High School (1846), Manchester, New Hampshire[57]
  66. Pine Tree High School (1847), Longview, Texas[58]
  67. Biddeford High School (1848), Biddeford, Maine[59]
  68. Lockport High School (1848), Lockport, New York[51]
  69. Philadelphia High School for Girls (1848), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[60]
  70. B.M.C. Durfee High School (1849), Fall River, Massachusetts[46]
  71. Charlotte High School (1849), Charlotte, Michigan[61]
  72. Fitchburg High School (1849), Fitchburg, Massachusetts[46]
  73. Lawrence High School (1849), Lawrence, Massachusetts[40]
  74. Rockport High School (1849), Rockport, Massachusetts[41]
  75. Waltham High School (1849), Waltham, Massachusetts[40]
  76. Ypsilanti High School (1849), Ypsilanti, Michigan[62]
  77. Innovation Central High School (1850), Grand Rapids, Michigan (AKA Grand Rapids High School)
  78. Somerville High School (1852), Somerville, Massachusetts[63]
  79. Central High School (Commonly called Central VPA High School) (1853), St. Louis, Missouri
  80. Pottsville Area High School (1853), Pottsville, Pennsylvania
  81. Holmes Junior/Senior High School (1853), Covington, Kentucky[64]
  82. New Albany High School (1853), New Albany, Indiana[65]
  83. Arundel High School (1854), Gambrills, Maryland[66]
  84. Norwich Free Academy (1854), Norwich, Connecticut[67] (a "quasi-private school,"[68] "privately governed, independent secondary school"[69])
  85. Weymouth High School (1854)[70]
  86. Andover High School (1856), Andover, Massachusetts[71]
  87. Louisville Male High School (1856), Louisville, Kentucky[72]
  88. Lowell High School (1856), San Francisco, California[73]
  89. Pioneer High School (1856), Ann Arbor, Michigan[74]
  90. Peoria High School (1856), Peoria, Illinois[75]
  91. Texas School for the Deaf (1856), Austin, Texas[76]
  92. University High School (1857), Normal, Illinois
  93. Braintree High School (1858), Braintree, Massachusetts
  94. Ravenna High School (1858), Ravenna, Ohio[77]
  95. Hillhouse High School (1859), New Haven, Connecticut[78]
  96. Central High School, formerly known as St. Joseph High School (1861), St. Joseph, Missouri[79][80]
  97. San Jose High School (1863), San Jose, California[81][82]
  98. Shortridge High School (1864), Indianapolis, Indiana[83]
  99. Loyola High School (1865), Los Angeles, California
  100. Saint Paul Central High School (1866), Saint Paul, Minnesota
  101. Hastings Senior High School (1866), Hastings, Minnesota
  102. Wilson High School (1866), Florence, South Carolina
  103. Alfred Ely Beach High School (1867), Savannah, Georgia
  104. Parkersburg High School (1867), Parkersburg, West Virginia
  105. Round Rock High School (1867), Round Rock, Texas
  106. Greely High School (1868), Cumberland, ME[84]
  107. Theodore Roosevelt High School (1868), Kent, Ohio[85]
  108. Morristown High School (1869), Morristown, New Jersey[86]
  109. Lincoln High School (1869), Portland, Oregon
  110. Hunter College High School (1869), New York City, New York
  111. Elgin High School (1869); Elgin, Illinois
  112. Oakland High School, (1869), Oakland, California
  113. Little Rock Central High School (1869), Little Rock, Arkansas
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Boston Latin School, the oldest public high school in the United States
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Original building of Germantown Academy, the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States[1]
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