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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eton College, England (1440) | 3693 |
| 2 | Harrow School, England (1572) | 1393 |
| 3 | University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines (1611) | 1323 |
| 4 | Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines (1859) | 1017 |
| 5 | Westminster School, England (1179) | 855 |
| 6 | Rugby School, England (1567) | 842 |
| 7 | Winchester College, England (1382) | 805 |
| 8 | Boston Latin School, Boston, Massachusetts (1635) - First public school in the United States | 573 |
| 9 | Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (1797) | 505 |
| 10 | Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC, USA (1883) | 497 |
| 11 | St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), Concord, New Hampshire, USA (1856) | 489 |
| 12 | St Paul's School (London) (1509), England | 480 |
| 13 | Repton School, England (1557) | 431 |
| 14 | Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts, USA (1798), reestablished in 1884 | 410 |
| 15 | Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario Canada (1829) Upper Canada College | 403 |
| 16 | Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila, Philippines (1620) | 364 |
| 17 | The King's School, Canterbury, England (597) | 363 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury School, England (1552) | 358 |
| 19 | Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA (1865) | 350 |
| 20 | Uppingham School, England (1584) | 334 |
| 21 | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, Hertfordshire (1690) | 317 |
| 22 | Royal Grammar School, Guildford (1509), Surrey, England | 310 |
| 23 | Stonyhurst College, England (1592) | 308 |
| 24 | Christ's Hospital, England (1553) | 306 |
| 25 | Merchant Taylors' School, England (1561) | 272 |
| 26 | Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (1834) | 271 |
| 27 | Oakham School, England (1584) | 269 |
| 28 | Highgate School, London, England (1565) | 264 |
| 29 | Scotch College, Melbourne, Australia (1851) | 262 |
| 30 | Tonbridge School, Kent, England (1553) | 256 |
| 31 | Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai, India (1847) | 251 |
| 32 | University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines (1595) | 248 |
| 33 | City of London School, England (1442) | 245 |
| 34 | Sherborne School, Dorset, England (1550) | 223 |
| 35 | Sevenoaks School, England (1432) | 219 |
| 36 | Manchester Grammar School (1515), England | 215 |
| 37 | St Olave's Grammar School, England (1571) | 213 |
| 38 | Latymer Upper School, England (1624) | 212 |
| 39 | Brentwood School, Essex, England (1557) | 210 |
| 40 | Abingdon School, England (1256) | 209 |
| 41 | Blackrock College, Dublin, Ireland (1860) | 205 |
| 42 | Gresham's School, England (1555) | 204 |
| 43 | Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, Ireland (1814) | 203 |
| 44 | Geelong Grammar School, Australia (1855) | 202 |
| 45 | Karachi Grammar School, Karachi, Pakistan (1847) | 202 |
| 46 | King George V School, Hong Kong, China (1894) | 201 |
| 47 | Dartford Grammar School, Kent, England (1576) | 196 |
| 48 | Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland), Ohio, USA (1886) | 193 |
| 49 | Bedford School, Bedfordshire, England (1552) | 192 |
| 50 | King Edward's School, Birmingham, England (1552) | 192 |
| 51 | Whitgift School, England (1596) | 192 |
| 52 | Oundle School, England (1556) | 189 |
| 53 | St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, IL USA (1869) | 186 |
| 54 | Sedbergh School, England (1525) | 182 |
| 55 | Nottingham High School (1513), England | 180 |
| 56 | St Albans School, England (948) | 179 |
| 57 | St Patrick's High School, Karachi, Pakistan (1861) | 178 |
| 58 | Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan(1886) | 175 |
| 59 | Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India (1869) | 171 |
| 60 | Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore, Singapore (1869) | 170 |
| 61 | Royal High School, Scotland (1128 est) | 167 |
| 62 | Magdalen College School, Oxford, England (1480) | 164 |
| 63 | Felsted School, Essex, England (1564) | 161 |
| 64 | South African College Schools, Cape Town, South Africa (1829) oldest school in South Africa | 159 |
| 65 | Noble and Greenough School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (1866), moved to Dedham, Mass in 1922 | 158 |
| 66 | The King's School, Rochester, England (604) | 155 |
| 67 | Mill Hill School, Mill Hill, London, England (1807) | 154 |
| 68 | Hopkins School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (1660) | 152 |
| 69 | The King's School, Parramatta, Sydney, Australia (1831) | 151 |
| 70 | Galatasaray Lisesi, Turkey (1481) | 146 |
| 71 | Stamford School, England (c.1309 but re-endowed 1532) | 142 |
| 72 | St Peter's School, York, England (627) | 139 |
| 73 | Belvedere College SJ, Dublin, Ireland (1832) | 138 |
| 74 | Heythrop College, was founded in 1614 in Belgium, though did not move to London (after several other locations) until 1970 and became part of the University of London in 1971. | 138 |
| 75 | Hare School, Calcutta, Bengal, India (1817) | 135 |
| 76 | St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, India (1823) | 135 |
| 77 | Warwick School, England (914) | 135 |
| 78 | Emanuel School, England (1594) | 133 |
| 79 | Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, England (1525) | 126 |
| 80 | The Perse School, England (1615) | 125 |
| 81 | Bristol Grammar School, England (1532) | 124 |
| 82 | Reading School, England (1125) | 124 |
| 83 | Bromsgrove School, England (1553) | 123 |
| 84 | The King's School, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England (1528) | 122 |
| 85 | Bridgnorth Endowed School (1503), England | 120 |
| 86 | Maidstone Grammar School, Kent, England (1549) | 117 |
| 87 | Royal College or Colombo Academy, Colombo, Sri Lanka (1835) | 117 |
| 88 | Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England (1564) | 117 |
| 89 | Auckland Grammar School, Auckland, New Zealand (1868) | 116 |
| 90 | Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, Sussex, England (1867) | 114 |
| 91 | Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (1868) | 114 |
| 92 | Penistone Grammar School, England (1392) | 112 |
| 93 | Bradford Grammar School, Yorkshire, England (1548) | 111 |
| 94 | King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, Essex, England (1551) | 109 |
| 95 | Hampton School, England (1556) | 109 |
| 96 | George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA (1893) | 108 |
| 97 | Norwich School, England (1096) | 108 |
| 98 | Aberdeen Grammar School, Scotland (1418) (possibly 1263) | 108 |
| 99 | Wilson's School, England (1615) | 108 |
| 100 | St George's School, Windsor Castle, England (1348) | 107 |
| 101 | Durham School, England (1414) | 106 |
| 102 | Belfast Royal Academy, Belfast, Ireland (1785) | 102 |
| 103 | Solihull School, England (1560) | 101 |
| 104 | St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill,NSW, Australia (1881) | 99 |
| 105 | George Heriot's School Edinburgh (1659) | 98 |
| 106 | Lancaster Royal Grammar School, England (1235) | 97 |
| 107 | Kimbolton School, England (1531) | 96 |
| 108 | High School of Dundee, Scotland (1239) | 92 |
| 109 | High School of Glasgow, Scotland (pre-1124) | 92 |
| 110 | Derby School, England (1160) | 92 |
| 111 | Colchester Royal Grammar School, England (pre-1206) | 91 |
| 112 | Aldenham School, England (1597) | 91 |
| 113 | St Joseph's College, Nainital, India (1888) | 89 |
| 114 | Stockport Grammar School, England (1487) | 89 |
| 115 | Bablake School, England (1344) | 88 |
| 116 | St Columb's College, Derry, Northern Ireland (1843) | 87 |
| 117 | St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta, Bengal, India (1868) | 86 |
| 118 | S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka (1851) | 86 |
| 119 | Bolton School (1516), England | 86 |
| 120 | Royal Latin School, England (1423) | 85 |
| 121 | La Martiniere College, Lucknow, India (1845) | 85 |
| 122 | King Edward's School, Witley, England (1553) | 84 |
| 123 | Rutgers Preparatory School, Franklin Township, New Jersey, USA (1766) | 84 |
| 124 | Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (1860) | 83 |
| 125 | Woodbridge School, England (1577) | 82 |
| 126 | Wimbledon High School, Wimbledon, London, England (1880) | 81 |
| 127 | Queen Elizabeth's High School, England (1589) | 81 |
| 128 | Boston Grammar School, England (1555) | 78 |
| 129 | Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, USA (1820) | 78 |
| 130 | Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, Peterborough, Canada (1827) | 78 |
| 131 | Newark Academy, Newark, New Jersey, USA (1774), moved to Livingston, NJ in 1964 | 76 |
| 132 | King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon, England (1553) | 75 |
| 133 | Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia (1885) | 74 |
| 134 | St. Anthony's College, Lahore, Pakistan (1892) | 74 |
| 135 | Wells Cathedral School, England (c.909) | 73 |
| 136 | The King's School, Chester, England (1541) | 73 |
| 137 | Loughborough Grammar School, England (1495) | 73 |
| 138 | Beverley Grammar School, England (700)- Oldest state school in England | 72 |
| 139 | Leeds Grammar School, England (1552) | 72 |
| 140 | Aylesbury Grammar School, Buckinghamshire, England (1598) | 71 |
| 141 | Northampton Grammar School, England (1541) | 71 |
| 142 | St. James School, Kolkata, India (1864) | 71 |
| 143 | Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire (1624) | 70 |
| 144 | Royal Grammar School Worcester, England (685), first conclusive evidence (1291) | 69 |
| 145 | The College of Richard Collyer, England (1532) | 68 |
| 146 | Leith Academy, Leith, Scotland (1521) | 67 |
| 147 | The King's School, Macclesfield (1502), England | 67 |
| 148 | Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (1576) | 66 |
| 149 | Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, England (1527) | 65 |
| 150 | Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth, England (1896) | 65 |
| 151 | Ipswich School, Suffolk, England (1299) (first record of existence) | 64 |
| 152 | Kirkham Grammar School, Lancashire, England (1549) | 64 |
| 153 | Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, England (1590) | 64 |
| 154 | The King's School, Peterborough, England (1541) | 63 |
| 155 | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, England (1571) | 63 |
| 156 | Sutton Valence School, England (1576) | 63 |
| 157 | Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire (c. 1512), England | 63 |
| 158 | Dauntsey's School, England (1542) | 63 |
| 159 | Madras College, St. Andrews, Scotland (1833) | 62 |
| 160 | Conyers' School, England (1590) | 62 |
| 161 | The King's School, Worcester, England (1541) | 62 |
| 162 | Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge, England (1667) | 62 |
| 163 | Ripon Grammar School, England (1555) | 61 |
| 164 | Pocklington School (1514), England | 59 |
| 165 | Bingley Grammar School, England (1529) | 58 |
| 166 | Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA (1697) | 57 |
| 167 | Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia, USA (1728) | 57 |
| 168 | Wesley College, Auckland, New Zealand (1844) | 56 |
| 169 | Wellingborough School, England (1595) | 55 |
| 170 | Bury Grammar School, England (1570) | 55 |
| 171 | King Edward VI School, Southampton, England (1553) | 55 |
| 172 | Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Lancashire, England (1554) | 55 |
| 173 | Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn (1509), Lancashire, England | 54 |
| 174 | Newport Free Grammar School, England (1588) | 54 |
| 175 | Pforta (Schulpforte in Germany) (1543) | 54 |
| 176 | New College School, England (1379) | 52 |
| 177 | Hereford Cathedral School, England (1384) | 52 |
| 178 | Friends School of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1784) | 51 |
| 179 | Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, England (1575) | 50 |
| 180 | Kingston Grammar School, Surrey, England (1561) | 50 |
| 181 | Rajkumar College, Rajkot , Oldest Public School, India (1868) | 50 |
| 182 | St. Bartholomew's School, England (1466) | 50 |
| 183 | Cranbrook School, Kent, England (1518) | 48 |
| 184 | Westtown School, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (1799) | 48 |
| 185 | St. Stanislaus High School, Mumbai, India (1863) | 48 |
| 186 | St. Bees School, England (1583) | 48 |
| 187 | Elizabeth College, Guernsey, Channel Islands (1563) | 48 |
| 188 | Warminster School, Warminster, Wiltshire, England (1707) | 48 |
| 189 | Ackworth School, High Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England (1799) | 47 |
| 190 | Enfield Grammar School, England (1558) | 47 |
| 191 | Colfe's School, England (1568) refounded (1652) | 47 |
| 192 | Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums, Hamburg, Germany (1529) | 46 |
| 193 | Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, England (1497) | 46 |
| 194 | The King's School, Gloucester, England (1541) (Dates from 11th century) | 44 |
| 195 | Spalding Grammar School, England (1588) | 43 |
| 196 | Ermysted's Grammar School, England (1492) (first record of existence) | 43 |
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