St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School
Address
325 Pleasant St. Concord , New Hampshire 03301 United States
Information
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 Church
Established	1856; 168 years ago (1856)
Founder	George C. Shattuck
CEEB code	300110
Rector	Kathleen Carroll Giles
Faculty	111 (2023-24)
Grades	9 to 12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	540 (2023-24)
International students	22% (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio	5:1 (2023-24)
Campus size	2,000 acres (809 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	19 (9 boys', 9 girls', 1 all-gender)
Student council	StudCo (founded 1918)[6]
Color(s)	Red & White
Song	"Love Divine"[1]
Athletics	51 Interscholastic teams 17 Interscholastic sports 8 Intramural
Athletics conference	Lakes Region League SSL
Mascot	Pelican
Nickname	Big Red
Accreditation	NEASC
Newspaper	The Pelican
Annual tuition	$65,410 (2023-24)
Affiliations	ESA NAES[2] NAIS[3] TABS[4] TSAO[5]
Acceptance rate	13% (2024)
Faculty with advanced degrees	77% (2023-24)
Students receiving financial aid	38%
Website	www.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. Although the school no longer publicizes the size of its financial endowment, on a per capita basis, St. Paul's was the wealthiest boarding school in New England in January 2019. Because of its extensive financial resources, 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.

The school's list of notable alumni includes U.S. ambassadors, congressmen, senators, Pulitzer Prize winners, a Secretary of State, and a Nobel laureate, among others.