New Hampton School
New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 305 students from over 30 states and 22 countries.[1] The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five to one. New Hampton School does not require a uniform.
New Hampton School | |
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70 Main Street , | |
Coordinates | 43°36′21″N 71°39′09″W |
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Type | Private, boarding, & day |
Established | 1821 |
Head of school | Joe Williams |
Faculty | 62 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Enrollment | 310 |
Average class size | 11 |
Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
Campus | Rural |
Color(s) | Green, Black, and White |
Athletics conference | Lakes Region League, New England Preparatory School Athletic Council |
Mascot | Husky |
Rival | Tilton |
Website | www |
New Hampton School is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England[2] and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.[3] The school became an International Baccalaureate World School in 2010.[4]
History

New Hampton School was founded on June 27, 1821, as a Free Will Baptist-oriented, coeducational institution.[5] On that day the State of New Hampshire issued a charter to the New Hampton Academy, "having had three several readings," before the House of Representatives. That charter, issued to William B. Kelley, Nathaniel Norris and Joshua Drake, provided the framework for the institution that would become the New Hampton School and emphasized the "promotion of science and the useful arts."[5] From 1854 to 1870, the Cobb Divinity School was affiliated with the institute before moving to Bates College in Maine.[6]
Between 1925 and 1970 the school was a non-denominational school for boys. It returned to coeducation in 1970.[7]
Academics
New Hampton School offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program[8] and Advanced Placement classes.[9]
Athletics
The program admits fifth-year senior basketball players who seek an additional year of preparation before entering a Division I career. Recent examples include Will Davis and Travis Souza, both of whom went on to UC Irvine.[10]
Current sports offered, include:[11]
- Alpine skiing
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Equestrian
- Field hockey
- Football
- Freestyle skiing
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Lacrosse
- Mountain biking
- Soccer
- Softball
- Snowboarding
- Tennis
Notable alumni
- Myles Ambrose (1926-2014), Commissioner of Customs under President Richard Nixon[12]
- Zach Auguste, basketball player[13]
- Nahum Josiah Bachelder, governor of New Hampshire 1903–1905[14]
- Cayla Barnes, ice hockey player for Boston College and US Women's National Team, 2018 Olympic gold medalist[15]
- Jamaal Branch, NFL running back
- Elijah Bryant (born 1995), professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague
- Nathan Clifford, United States Supreme Court justice
- Aubrey Dawkins, basketball player
- Olivier Hanlan, basketball player
- Benjamin Franklin Hayes (1836-1905), state legislator, banker, and judge
- John Alfred Hayes, Civil War surgeon
- Roberto Hernandez, Major League Baseball player
- Harrison Carroll Hobart, Union Army colonel, second Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly[16]
- Marv Hubbard, football player
- Robert D. Kennedy, former CEO, Union Carbide
- Tyler Lydon, basketball player
- Samuel W. McCall, governor of Massachusetts
- Rashad McCants, professional basketball player
- Hubie McDonough, professional hockey and basketball player, college and professional athletic administrator
- Lawrence Moten, professional basketball player
- Walter R. Peterson, Jr., governor of New Hampshire
- Michael Scanlan, president of Franciscan University
- Darius Songaila, professional basketball player[17]
- Richard W. Sears, member of the Vermont state senate
- Ray Shero, National Hockey League administrator
- Pete Seibert, founder, Vail Ski Resort
- Amos Tuck, congressman, abolitionist, co-founder of Republican Party
- Noah Vonleh, basketball player
- Lydia Fowler Wadleigh, educator
- John Wentworth, newspaper editor, mayor of Chicago and member of Congress
References
- "New Hampton School ~ Private High School, New England Boarding Schools, NH Prep Schools". Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- "Independent Schools Association of Northern New England".
- "New England Association of Schools and Colleges".
- "New Hampton School". International Baccalaureate®.
- Merrill, Gowan et al., "A Small Gore of Land", 1977
- Guide to the Freewill Baptist records, 1797-1970, n.d. | MC091. (Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library at Bates College in Maine) http://abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC091.html.
- New Hampton School 2006–2007 Profile
- "International Baccalaureate". www.newhampton.org.
- "Curriculum Detail". www.newhampton.org.
- "UC Irvine's Will Davis II has left his mark on program". March 18, 2015.
- https://www.newhampton.org/athletics/athletics
- VItello, Paul (June 9, 2014). "Myles J. Ambrose, Nixon Drug Czar, D.E.A. Midwife, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
He graduated from the New Hampton School in New Hampshire; Manhattan College, where he majored in business administration; and New York Law School.
- "Zach Auguste". und.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- Willey, George Franklyn (1903). State Builders; An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Manchester NH: New Hampshire Pub. Corp. p. 201. OCLC 7566342.
- "ALL-USA Girls Hockey Player of the Year: Cayla Barnes, New Hampton School (N.H.)". USA Today. April 7, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- Calkins, Elias A. (1903). "Gen. Harrison Carroll Hobart". Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. 50. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society. pp. 148–160. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- "Darius Songaila". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.