 Spaulding High School is named after Jacob Shedd Spaulding (1811–1880) who was a principal and teacher of the private school called Barre Academy established on what later became the site of the Vermont History Center on Washington Street in Barre.In the late 1880s, Barre's population began to grow due to the influx of immigrants who came to work in the Granite Industry making the Barre Academy obsolete.In 1890, a larger and more modern building was erected called the Spaulding Graded School.