History
The Noble & Greenough school, often simply called Nobles is a private school located in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1866 by George Washington Copp Noble as an all-boys day school in Boston. In 1922, the school moved from Boston to its current ___location in Dedham.
Nobles today
- Nobles currently goes from grades 7-12; seventh and eighth grades are housed in a separate building, the Middle School, and grades 9-12 are housed in the main building, the Shattuck Schoolhouse.
- Nobles currently has 525 students: 100 in the middle school, and 425 in high school. The student body is evenly distributed between boys and girls.
- The Nobles campus is 187 acres (757,000 m²), including nine athletic fields and a sizeable length of the Charles River.
- Nobles has 56 faculty memebers, 23 of whom reside on campus. This makes the student:faculty ratio 9:1.
- The average class size is 14.
- Nobles has 70 interscholastic teams, including 23 varsity teams.
- Nobles has an 80 hour community service graduation requirement.
Academics at Nobles
- Nobles is an exceptionally rigorous academic school.
- Students return after their freshman year at college claiming they had to work harder at Nobles than at college.
- Around 30% of Nobles students are attend Ivy League colleges.
- Grade inflation has been discussed as a problem, but the school has taken steps to ensure that it is kept in check. Additionally, while grades may be higher than most other schools, Nobles attributes this problem to the caliber of students.
Athletics at Nobles
Nobles is a member of the competitive Independent School League. The 23 varsity teams at Nobles are:
- Boys Varsity Baseball
- Girls Varisty Softball
- Boys Varsity Basketball
- Girls Varsity Basketball
- Boys Varsity Cross-Country
- Girls Varsity Cross-Country
- Boys Varsity Crew
- Girls Varsity Crew
- Girls Varsity Field Hockey
- Boys Varsity Football
- Boys Varsity Golf
- Girls Varsity Golf
- Boys Varsity Hockey
- Girls Varisty Hockey
- Boys Varsity Lacrosse
- Girls Varsity Lacrosse
- Boys Varsity Soccer
- Girls Varsity Soccer
- Boys Varsity Squash
- Girls Varsity Squash
- Boys Varsity Tennis
- Girls Varsity Tennis
- Boys Varsity Wrestling