when did the first public schools open in us
Morgan Baden April 23rd, 2014. In 1635, a handful of students first met in the private home of a headmaster in the fledgling city of Boston to form Boston Latin school. It was the very first public school opened in America, and today it marks its 369th birthday. (Pretty cool that it shares a birthday with Shakespeare!) Boston Latin's doors are still open, serving about 2,400 students.