List of the oldest public high schools in the United States

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

See also

• List of oldest schools
• List of the oldest private schools in the United States

References

1. Lists of schools in the United States
2. List of oldest schools
3. List of the oldest private schools in the United States
4. List of the oldest buildings in the United States
5. List of oldest schools in California
6. Boston Latin School
7. Hartford Public High School
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9. List of oldest universities in continuous operation
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12. Hartford Public Schools (Connecticut)
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