Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
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Location
Northwood, NH, USA
Information
Type	Semi-private
Religious affiliation(s)	none
Established	1867
Headmaster	David S. Smith
Faculty	57
Enrollment	720
Average class size	20 students
Student to teacher ratio	12:1
Campus	5 buildings, 1 tunnel
Color(s)	Red,White
Athletics	14 Interscholastic Sports 23 Interscholastic Teams
Mascot	Black Bear
Website	www.coebrown.org

Coordinates: 43°13′05″N 71°12′41″W / 43.21806°N 71.21139°W / 43.21806; -71.21139 Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is a comprehensive secondary institution in Northwood, New Hampshire. It accepts students both by applications and all students from the towns of Strafford and Northwood. It also has agreements with the towns of Barrington and Nottingham.

History

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy was founded in 1867 as a small private academy. It was created because veterans from the Civil War pushed for the creation of a high school in Northwood. Shares were sold to 200 shareholders at $10.00. The shareholders originally owned the academy. Another high school in Northwood, The Northwood Seminary, was created in the same year. The first headmaster of Northwood Academy was the Reverend Eliot Cogswell.

The Board of Trustees of the academy was created in 1875 to manage the academy and take pressure off of the shareholders. The academy was renamed Coe's Northwood Academy to honor the Coe family who donated land, money, houses, and woodlots to the academy and also paid to build a new office building.

The school was moved from one side of Route 4, to the other in 1887 and in 1901 the town of Northwood began paying tuition for students. In 1906 central heating and water systems were installed in the school. In 1926, electricity replaced the corroded gas lights.

Albert Brown (governor of New Hampshire from 1921–1923) was a great benefactor for the academy and in 1939 the board of trustees renamed the academy Coe-Brown Northwood Academy in his honor. Since then, there have been 6 additions and new buildings have been erected, including Smith Hall and the very recent Science Building. There are also plans to fund and build a music and theater building somewhere in the near future.

Characteristics

The school has many characteristics of both a public and a private institution. Like a private school, it is run by an independent board of directors and paid for through student tuition. It is directed by a headmaster rather than a principal, and has somewhat of the campus feel common in private schools. Unlike most private schools, however, nearly all of the students are local, and most have their tuition paid and are accepted through contracts with local towns. The academic curriculum is also more on par with local public high schools.

Admissions

Coe-Brown has contracts with Northwood and Strafford to be the high school for all residents of those two towns. Consequently, students who live in/ move into those towns will automatically become Coe-Brown students, barring very unusual circumstances. Students who reside in Deerfield, Nottingham or Barrington may apply to come on a competitive basis, as may students from any other town within reasonable commuting distance. Nottingham and Barrington will pay all or a substantial amount of a student's tuition, whereas other towns which have their own high schools or contracts with area high schools would require a parent to pay private tuition to Coe-Brown. No transportation is provided by towns other than Northwood, Nottingham and Strafford.

External links

• Coe-Brown website