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The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it the oldest public school in colonial-era British America and the oldest existing school in the United States.
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. Boston Latin School (1635), Boston, Massachusetts [2] [3] Hartford Public High School (1638), Hartford, Connecticut [4]
The front entrance to Boston Latin School on Avenue Louis Pasteur. Boston Latin School is a public exam school located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1635. It is the first public school and the oldest existing school in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Boston Latin Academy (BLA) is a public exam school founded in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts providing students in grades 7th through 12th a classical preparatory education. Originally named Girls' Latin School , it became the first college preparatory high school for girls in the United States. [ 4 ]
The larger towns in New England opened grammar schools, the forerunner of the modern high school. [6] The most famous was the Boston Latin School, which is still in operation as a public high school. Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut was another. By the 1780s, most had been replaced by private academies.
School Street is a short but significant street in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. It is so named for being the site of the first public school in the United States (the Boston Latin School , since relocated).
Boston City Hall habituées, c. 1910 Statue of Benjamin Franklin. Old City Hall, built between 1862 and 1865, is located at 45 School Street, along the Freedom Trail between the Old South Meeting House and King's Chapel. The Boston Latin School operated on the site from 1704 to 1748, and on the same street until 1844.
Ezekiel Cheever (1614–1708) was a schoolmaster, and the author of "probably the earliest American school book", Accidence, A Short Introduction to the Latin Tongue. [1] Upon his death, it was said that "New England [had] never known a better teacher." [2] He has been called "the chief representative of the colonial schoolmaster". [3]