St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School
Address
Map
325 Pleasant St.

,
03301

United States
Information
TypePrivate, boarding
MottoLatin: 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 Church
Established1856; 168 years ago (1856)
FounderGeorge C. Shattuck
CEEB code300110
RectorKathleen Carroll Giles
Faculty111 (2023-24)
Grades9 to 12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment540 (2023-24)
International students22% (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio5:1 (2023-24)
Campus size2,000 acres (809 ha)
Campus typeSuburban
Houses19 (9 boys', 9 girls', 1 all-gender)
Student councilStudCo (founded 1918)[6]
Color(s)   Red & white
Song"Love Divine"[1]
Athletics51 Interscholastic teams
17 Interscholastic sports
8 Intramural
Athletics conferenceLakes Region League
MascotPelican
NicknameBig Red
AccreditationNEASC
NewspaperThe Pelican
Endowment$759.3 million (June 2024)
Annual tuition$68,353 (2024-25)
AffiliationsESA
NAES[2]
NAIS[3]
TABS[4]
TSAO[5]
Acceptance rate13% (2024)
Faculty with advanced degrees77% (2023-24)
Students receiving financial aid38%
Websitewww.sps.edu

St. Paul's School (also known as St. Paul's or SPS) is a college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school's 2,000-acre (8.1 km2), or 3.125 square mile, campus serves 540 students, who come from 37 states and 28 countries.

Established in 1856 to educate boys from upper-class families, St. Paul's later became one of the first boys' boarding schools to admit girls and is now home to a diverse student body from all backgrounds. It is one of the only remaining boarding-only high schools in the United States. With a financial endowment of $759.3 million, on a per capita basis, St. Paul's is one of the wealthiest boarding school in New England as of June 2024. Students with annual household incomes of $125,000 or below "generally qualify for full tuition support." Thirty-eight percent of students are on financial aid.

  1. ^ "Alumni Resources - School Hymn" (PDF). www.sps.edu. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "St. Paul's School Profile". Private School Review. Archived from the original on 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  3. ^ "School Directory". NAIS. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ "St. Paul's School". TABS. Archived from the original on 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  5. ^ "Ten Schools: St. Paul's School". www.tenschools.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  6. ^ "St. Paul's School Student Council". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 19 January 2018.