The following are the oldest private schools in the United States that are still in operation. 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 founded before 1830.

Current School Name Founding Year City/Location State Student Body Grades Served Residential Type Religious Affiliation Notes References Collegiate School 1628 New York City New York Boys Only K-12 Day Non-Sectarian Chartered in 1638 Roxbury Latin School 1645 West Roxbury Massachusetts Boys Only 7-12 Day Non-Sectarian Hopkins School 1660 New Haven Connecticut Coeducational 7-12 Day Non-Sectarian Friends Select School 1689 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker William Penn Charter School 1689 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Abington Friends School 1697 Jenkintown Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Trinity School 1709 New York City New York Coeducational K-12 Day Non-Sectarian Ursuline Academy 1727 New Orleans Louisiana Girls Only PK-12 Day Catholic Norfolk Academy 1728 Norfolk Virginia Coeducational 1-12 Day Non-Sectarian Moravian Academy 1742 Bethlehem Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Moravian Church St. Francis Academy 1743 Bally Pennsylvania Coeducational K-8 Day Catholic West Nottingham Academy 1744 Colora Maryland Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Linden Hall 1746 Lititz Pennsylvania Girls Only 6-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Wilmington Friends School 1748 Wilmington Delaware Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Germantown Academy 1759 Fort Washington Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Non-Sectarian The Governor's Academy 1763 Byfield Massachusetts Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School 1764 New York City New York Coeducational PK-12 Day Non-Sectarian Rutgers Preparatory School 1766 Somerset New Jersey Coeducational PK-12 Day Non-Sectarian Salem Academy 1772 Winston-Salem North Carolina Girls Only 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Newark Academy 1774 Livingston New Jersey Coeducational 6-12 Day Non-Sectarian Phillips Academy Andover 1778 Andover Massachusetts Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Plymouth Meeting Friends School 1780 Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-6 Day Quaker Phillips Exeter Academy 1781 Exeter New Hampshire Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Derby Academy 1784 Hingham Massachusetts Coeducational PK-8 Day Non-Sectarian Friends School of Baltimore 1784 Baltimore Maryland Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Harrisburg Academy 1784 Wormleysburg Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Non-Sectarian Moses Brown School 1784 Providence Rhode Island Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Moorestown Friends School 1785 Moorestown New Jersey Coeducational PK-12 Day Quaker Episcopal Academy 1785 Newtown Square Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Day Episcopal Church Haddonfield Friends School 1786 Haddonfield New Jersey Coeducational PK-8 Day Quaker Friends Seminary 1786 New York City New York Coeducational K-12 Day Quaker Westfield Friends School 1788 Cinnaminson New Jersey Coeducational PK-8 Day Quaker Georgetown Preparatory School 1789 North Bethesda Maryland Boys Only 9-12 Boarding/Day Catholic Alexander Robertson School 1789 New York City New York Coeducational PK-5 Day Non-Sectarian Berwick Academy 1791 South Berwick Maine Coeducational PK-12 Day Non-Sectarian Fryeburg Academy 1792 Fryeburg Maine Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Washington Academy 1792 East Machias Maine Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Lawrence Academy 1793 Groton Massachusetts Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Cheshire Academy 1794 Cheshire Connecticut Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Buckingham Friends School 1794 Lahaska Pennsylvania Coeducational K-8 Day Quaker Oakwood Friends School 1796 Poughkeepsie New York Coeducational 6-12 Day Quaker Deerfield Academy 1797 Deerfield Massachusetts Coeducational 9-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Milton Academy 1798 Milton Massachusetts Coeducational K-12 Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Westtown School 1799 West Chester Pennsylvania Coeducational PK-12 Boarding/Day Quaker Georgetown Visitation 1799 Washington District of Columbia Girls Only 9-12 Day Catholic Hebron Academy 1804 Hebron Maine Coeducational 6-PG Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Kents Hill School 1824 Kents Hill Maine Coeducational 9-PG Boarding/Day Non-Sectarian Greenwich Academy 1827 Greenwich Connecticut Girls Only PC-12 Day Non-Sectarian

See also List of oldest schools List of the oldest public high schools in the United States

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