Miss Hall's School

Miss Hall’s is a place of movement and action, of collaboration and commitment. We innovate, and we adapt — both to the needs of our community and the needs of our world.Miss Hall’s has provided, since our founding in 1898, an exceptional academic education and the opportunity to develop values core to the human experience: authenticity, respect, honor, and growth. Our students have, since the beginning, become bold and creative contributors to the common good

History and future

These values were embodied in our founder, Mira Hinsdale Hall, a young Latin teacher in Central Massachusetts. Twenty years before the 19th Amendment granted her the right to vote, Mira Hall envisioned something radical: a world in which girls received the high-quality education they deserved.

So, in 1898, she did something bold: she founded a school. As one might expect, it wasn’t easy — according to her niece, Miss Hall “began her venture with little capital beyond her youth, her determination to have the best school she could build, and the strong idealism which directed her.” But, her intelligence, strength of will, and good humor won out: the School grew strong.

Miss Hall's convictions were tested early on, when the School burned to the ground on a cold February morning in 1923 — a contemporary news article stated “there was nothing left but chimneys and bathtubs.” It would have been easy to walk away, but Miss Hall doubled down and invested her life’s savings into rebuilding. Classes continued off campus, and the “new” school opened the following year.

 

Quick facts

• 180 students enrolled — 72% boarding, 28% day

• 38% of our student body is international, coming from 21 countries; domestic students come from 14 states

• All of our students continue on to institutions of higher learning. From the Class of 2021, 28% of graduates were accepted Early Decision and 75% were accepted Early Action.

• We are accredited by the NEASAC