Education
East Hampton does not have any colleges although the now disbanded Clinton Academy on Main Street was the first chartered Academy authorized by the New York State Board of Regents in 1784. Three high schools are in the town:
- East Hampton High School, part of the East Hampton Union Free School District, and the principal school for the entire town outside of Sag Harbor. The school also serves the districts of Springs (which has an elementary school and a middle school) and Montauk (which has an elementary and middle school). Enrollment in 9-12 is 1,046 Its mascot is the Bonackers which derives its name from Accabonic Harbor at Springs. It is the only school to use a mascot of that name. 'Bonackers' are descendents of the original families that founded East Hampton.
- Pierson Middle-High School, part of the Sag Harbor Union Free School District, this 6-12 school is physically in East Hampton and serves Sag Harbor, which straddles a border with Southampton. Its enrollment is 502. Its mascot is the Whalers.
- Ross School - The largest private school on the East End, the Ross School educates students from pre-school through 12th grade.
American educator Catharine Beecher was born in East Hampton.
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“... all education must be unsound which does not propose for itself some object; and the highest of all objects must be that of living a life in accordance with God’s Will.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)
“We have not been fair with the Negro and his education. He has not had adequate or ample education to permit him to qualify for many jobs that are open to him.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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