St. Paul's School | |
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Address | |
325 Pleasant St. Concord, New Hampshire 03301 United States |
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Type | Private, Boarding |
Motto |
Ea discamus in terris quorum scientia perseveret in coelis (Let us learn those things on Earth the knowledge of which continues in Heaven) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
Established | 1856 |
Founder | Dr. George Shattuck |
CEEB code | 300110 |
Rector | Michael Gifford Hirschfeld |
Faculty | 121 total |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 531 boarding |
International students | 18% |
Average class size | 11 students |
Student to teacher ratio | 4:1 |
Campus size | 2,000 acres (810 ha) |
Campus type | Rural |
Houses | 18 (9 boys', 9 girls') |
Student council | StudCo (founded 1918) |
Color(s) | Red & White |
Song | Love Divine, All Loves Excelling |
Athletics | 17 interscholastic, 8 intramural |
Athletics conference |
ISL (Ending 2016-17) SSL (Effective 2017-18) |
Mascot | Pelican |
Nickname | Big Red |
Accreditation | NEASC |
Average SAT scores (2015) | 700 Verbal 710 Math 700 Writing |
Average ACT scores (2015) | 30 Math 32 English 32 Reading 31 Science |
Newspaper | The Pelican |
Endowment | $573 million |
Annual tuition | $56,460 (2016-17) |
Affiliations |
Eight Schools Association Ten Schools Admissions Organization |
Nobel laureates | John Franklin Enders |
Acceptance rate | 13% (2016) |
Faculty with advanced degrees | 71% |
Students receiving financial aid | 41% |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 43°11′41″N 71°34′35″W / 43.19472°N 71.57639°W
St. Paul's School (also known as SPS) is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) New Hampshire campus currently serves 531 students, who come from all over the United States and the world.
St. Paul's is a member of the Eight Schools Association and was formerly a member of the Independent School League, the oldest independent school athletic association in the United States.
In 1856, Harvard University-educated physician and Boston Brahmin George Cheyne Shattuck, inspired by the educational theories of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, turned his country home in the hamlet of Millville, New Hampshire into a school for boys. Shattuck wanted his boys educated in the austere, bucolic countryside. A newly appointed board of trustees chose Henry Coit, a 24-year-old clergyman, to preside over the school for its first 39 years. In addition to Shattuck's two boys and Coit and his wife there was one other student. The original location was 50 acres, but over the years surrounding lands were acquired.