St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School
Location
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 affiliationEpiscopal Church
Established1856 (1856)
FounderGeorge Cheyne Shattuck Jr.
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)
Colors   Red & white
Song"Love Divine"
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
NAIS
TABS
TSAO
Acceptance rate13% (2024)
Faculty with advanced degrees77% (2023-24)
Students receiving financial aid38%
Websitesps.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. U.S.-based families with annual household incomes of $150,000 or below generally attend for free.

The school's list of notable alumni includes U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Nobel laureate John Franklin Enders, and media baron William Randolph Hearst.