What was the first co-ed school?
Mixed-sex education
The world's oldest co-educational day and boarding school is Dollar Academy, a junior and senior school for males and females from ages 5 to 18 in Scotland, United Kingdom. From its opening in 1818 the school admitted both boys and girls of the parish of Dollar and the surrounding area. The school continues in existence to the present day with around 1,250 pupils.[1]
Saint Mary's College High School
Though campus facilities improved, enrollment steadily declined, reaching a low of about 375 in 1993. The closure of Berkeley's Presentation High for girls added impetus to Saint Mary's consideration of coeducation. In 1995, the gymnasium extension and new auditorium theater were completed as part of the school's Sharing the Spirit transition to coeducation. In August 1995, after 132 years as an all-male school, a 55/45 percent mix of young men and women entered the freshman class, and twenty-two sophomore girls joined ninety-eight male classmates. At commencement exercises on May 31, 1998, graduates spoke of the initial anxiety and apprehension that had given way to achievements and friendships which ultimately united them as Saint Mary's first coed graduating class.