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Best New Hampshire Private High Schools Offering Football Sport (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 9 private high schools offering football as an interscholastic sport serving 4,437 students in New Hampshire.
The top-ranked offering football sport private high schools in New Hampshire include St. Paul's School, Proctor Academy, and Holderness School.
The average acceptance rate is 59%, which is lower than the New Hampshire private high school average acceptance rate of 70%.
56% of private high schools offering football sport in New Hampshire are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Episcopal).

Top Private High Schools Offering Football Sport in New Hampshire (2026)

School
Location
Quick Facts
Bishop Brady High School
Bishop Brady High School Photo
(Catholic)
(1)
25 Columbus Ave
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-7419
Gr: 9-12 | 258 students Avg. class size: 14 students Sports: 17 | Extracurrculars: 24 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Bishop Guertin High School
Bishop Guertin High School Photo
(Catholic)
(1)
194 Lund Road
Nashua, NH 03060
(603) 889-4107
Gr: 9-12 | 793 students Avg. class size: 18 students Sports: 23 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Cardigan Mountain School
Cardigan Mountain School Photo - Campus View
All-boys
62 Alumni Drive
Canaan, NH 03741
(603) 523-3548
Gr: 6-9 | 240 students Avg. class size: 12 students Sports: 16 | Extracurrculars: 18 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Holderness School
Holderness School Photo
(Episcopal)
(2)
33 Chapel Lane
Plymouth, NH 03264
(603) 536-1257
Gr: 9-12 | 380 students Avg. class size: 12 students Sports: 21 | Extracurrculars: 20 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
New Hampton School
New Hampton School Photo
70 Main Street
New Hampton, NH 03256
(603) 677-3401
Gr: 9-12 | 330 students Avg. class size: 11 students Sports: 17 | Extracurrculars: 18 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy Photo - Exeter students live and learn all over the world by participating in 40 off-campus programs from Iceland (shown) to South Africa to Washington, DC.
Alternative School
20 Main St
Exeter, NH 03833
(603) 777-3437
Gr: 9-12 | 1,106 student Avg. class size: 12 students Sports: 22 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
Proctor Academy
Proctor Academy Photo - 2,500 acres of living classroom.
(2)
204 Main Street
Andover, NH 03216
(603) 735-6641
Gr: 9-12 | 376 students Avg. class size: 12 students Sports: 25 | Extracurrculars: 13 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. Paul's School
St. Paul's School Photo - Students walking to class after Chapel.
(Episcopal)
325 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 229-4700
Gr: 9-12 | 540 students Avg. class size: 10 students Sports: 21 | Extracurrculars: 31 Tuition & acceptance rate listed
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
(Catholic)
(1)
197 Dover Point Rd
Dover, NH 03820
(603) 742-3206
Gr: 9-12 | 414 students Sports: 16 Tuition & acceptance rate listed

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