 Hamilton Academy was a senior and junior fee-paying day and boarding school.The "Statistical Account of Scotland, 1792," states that the school "has had, for a long time past, a good reputation, and, besides the youth of the place, a great many boarders at a distance have been educated at it," and the "Statistical Account of Lanarkshire, 1835," mentions that "many of (the school's scholars) are from foreign climes, and from all parts of Britain.