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Oak Hill is one of the thirteen
* Memorial Spaulding Elementary School, a public elementary school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Brookline Street
* Oak Hill Middle School, a public middle school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Wheeler Road
* Charles E. Brown Middle School, a public middle school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Meadowbrook Road
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Oak Hill is one of the thirteen villages
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within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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History and geography
This village is situated on a landform known since the mid-17th century as Oak Hill, and one of the seven principal elevations of Newton (the others being Nonantum Hill, Waban Hill, Chestnut Hill, Bald Pate Hill, Institution Hill, and Mount Ida).Oak Hill Park
Oak Hill Park (OHP) is a residential subdivision located in the Oak Hill village of Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Oak Hill Park is shown as a separate and distinct village on some city maps, including a map dated 2012 on the official ...
, a post-World War II
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subdivision of approximately 412 houses was built on a gravel quarry for the returning GIs. The Oak Hill Park development coincided with expansion in housing in various areas of Newton following the war, when underdeveloped land was utilized to create affordable housing for the returning veterans
Many of these original post-World War II
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houses still exist while others have been replaced with newer, usually larger homes.
Education
K–12 education
* Memorial Spaulding Elementary School, a public elementary school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Brookline Street
* Oak Hill Middle School, a public middle school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Wheeler Road
* Charles E. Brown Middle School, a public middle school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Meadowbrook Road
* Newton South High School
Newton South High School is one of two public high schools in the city of Newton, Massachusetts, United States, the other being Newton North.
History and student life
By the late 1950s, Newton's sole public high school, Newton High, grew to 3,00 ...
, a public high school operated by Newton Public Schools located on Brandeis Road
Colleges and universities
* The Mount Ida Campus of theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...
, a public university. It was previously Mount Ida College
Mount Ida College was a private college in Newton, Massachusetts. In 2018, the University of Massachusetts Amherst acquired the campus and renamed it the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst.
History
The Mount Ida School for Girls, once a high sc ...
, a private college that closed in 2018 after financial difficulties.
* William James College
William James College, formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP), is a private college of psychology in Newton, Massachusetts. With more than 750 students, William James College offers graduate academic degree and certifica ...
, a private college of psychology, formerly the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
See also
* List of Registered Historic Places in Newton, MassachusettsReferences
Villages in Newton, Massachusetts Villages in Massachusetts {{MiddlesexCountyMA-geo-stub