Cardigan Mountain School

Cardigan Mountain School is a boarding and day school for boys in grades 6 through 9, set on a lakeside campus in Canaan, New Hampshire. Enrollment runs between 200 and 300 students. The school occupies a specific niche: the junior boarding years, before high school.

Teaching middle school boys full-time is a distinct craft. Faculty work with students at an age when study habits, athletic identity, and social footing are still forming. A misstep at 13 lands differently than one at 17, and the job rewards teachers who enjoy that stage rather than tolerate it.

The non-denominational program pairs core academics with French, Latin, and Spanish. Language teachers here reach boys early, before high school placement tests set a ceiling — a rare chance to build fluency from the ground up. Afternoon athletics and evening dorm life round out a single integrated schedule.

Most faculty roles combine classroom teaching with coaching and dorm duty. Many positions include on-campus housing and term meals. In rural western New Hampshire, where rental inventory is thin, that housing carries real weight against a published salary. The tradeoff is clear: long days and shared weekends, offset by a short commute and built-in community.

The school's finances are strong for its size, with roughly $70 million in net assets and $22 million in annual revenue. Cardigan Mountain School hires for English, math, science, history, world languages, arts, learning support, and coaching, plus periodic admission, advancement, and operations roles.