Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Location
Northwood, NH USA
Information
Type	Public Academy
Motto	none
Established	1867
Headmaster	David S. Smith
Faculty	68
Enrollment	700
Average class size	16 students
Student to teacher ratio	12:1
Campus	Open campus with five buildings, one tunnel, multiple playing fields, courts, track
Color(s)	Red,White
Athletics	15 Interscholastic Sports 24 Interscholastic Teams
Mascot	Black Bear
Website	www.coebrown.org

Coordinates: 43°13′05″N 71°12′41″W / 43.21806°N 71.21139°W / 43.21806; -71.21139 Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is a comprehensive secondary institution in Northwood, New Hampshire, United States. It serves all students from the towns of Strafford and Northwood and has agreements with the towns of Barrington and Nottingham. The school also accepts other students by application.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy was founded in 1867 as a small private academy after veterans from the Civil War had pushed for the creation of a high school in Northwood. Shares were sold to 200 shareholders at $10.00. The shareholders originally owned the academy. Another high school in Northwood, the Northwood Seminary, was created in the same year. The first headmaster of Northwood Academy was the Reverend Eliot Cogswell.

The Board of Trustees of the academy was created in 1875 to manage the academy and take pressure off the shareholders. The academy was renamed Coe's Northwood Academy to honor the Coe family who donated land, money, houses, and woodlots to the academy and also paid to build a new office building.

In 1887 the school was given the deed to the Northwood Congregational Church (now located on campus) as well as another building and moved that building into what is now the teacher parking lot and named it Soper Hall. In 1901 the town of Northwood began paying tuition for students. In 1906 central heating and water systems were installed in the school. In 1926, electricity replaced the corroded gas lights.

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