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The Roxbury Latin School, which was founded in Roxbury, Massachusetts, by the Rev. John Eliot under a charter received from King Charles I of England is the longest school in continuous existence in North America. Since its founding in 1645, it has educated boys on a continuous basis. Located since 1927 at 101 St. Theresa Avenue in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, the school now serves roughly 300 boys in grades seven through twelve. Eliot founded the school "to fit () for public service both in church and in commonwealth in succeeding ages," and the school continues to consider instilling a desire to perform public service among its principal missions. The school's endowment is estimated at $135 million〔() Roxbury Latin School Fact Sheet〕 the largest of any boys' day school in the United States. The school maintains a need-blind admissions policy, admitting boys without consideration of the ability of their families to pay the full tuition. Its previous headmaster, F. Washington Jarvis, who retired in the summer of 2004 after a 30-year tenure, published two books about Roxbury Latin: a history of the school and a collection of his speeches to boys at Roxbury Latin (''With Love and Prayers''). The title of the former, ''Schola Illustris,'' was the phrase Cotton Mather used to describe the school in 1690, following John Eliot's death. In addition to those books, Richard Walden Hale published ''Tercentenary History of the Roxbury Latin School'' in 1946. Roxbury Latin continues to hold a unique place in the history of American education. Roxbury Latin is a member of the Independent School League and NEPSAC. It has an unofficial sister school relationship with The Winsor School in Boston as well as an African brother school, the Maru a Pula School. ==Rankings== According to Roxbury Latin's website, Roxbury Latin students scored a median of 2250 on the 2400 SAT scale, believed to be the highest score of any school in the country.〔(Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2007-2008 ).〕 The July 2008 issue of the Roxbury Latin School ''Newsletter'' lists the SAT medians for the Class of 2008 as 750 Critical Reading, 750 Math, and 750 Writing. A 2004 piece in the Wall Street Journal noted Roxbury Latin for its acceptance rates at the most competitive universities, despite maintaining a low tuition relative to its peers ($26,100 in 2013-2014). In 2003, ''Worth'' magazine ranked Roxbury Latin as the #1 "feeder school" for elite universities, with a larger portion of its graduating class attending Princeton, Harvard, or Yale than any other school.〔(PrepSchoolUSA: 2003 PrepSchool/High School Rankings ).〕 In 2008, the website PrepReview.com extended and updated the earlier survey by ''Worth'' magazine. Despite using more inclusive criteria in place of ''Worth's'' narrow focus on the Big Three, Roxbury Latin once again topped the rankings. PrepReview.com looked at the number of matriculants to all eight Ivy League undergraduate colleges as well as to MIT and Stanford. Roxbury Latin placed nearly half (45%) of its recent graduates among these institutions, the highest "success" rate of any secondary school in the world. The 2008 rankings by PrepReview.com placed Roxbury Latin first in all of the following categories: America's Top 50 High Schools, America's Best High Schools Ranked by SAT, and America's Best Private Day Schools. Additionally, PrepReview.com ranked Roxbury Latin first in the world among secondary schools for its students' success at gaining admission to Harvard University: in 2009, 20% of the graduating class at Roxbury Latin matriculated at Harvard. In 2010, Forbes magazine ranked Roxbury Latin fifth in a list of the top 10 prep schools in America.〔(5: Roxbury Latin )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roxbury Latin School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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