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Top 20 Best Maine Nonsectarian Private High Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 53 nonsectarian private high schools in Maine. You can also find more religiously affiliated schools in Maine.

The nonsectarian private high schools in Maine include Foxcroft Academy, Kents Hill School, and Thornton Academy.

Kents Hill School Photo - Located in central Maine, Kents Hill School is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school grades 9-Postgraduate Year attracting 200 students from Maine, the United States, and around the world. Since 1824, Kents Hill has been dedicated to providing transformative experiences rooted in the power of community, character, and core values.

John Bapst Memorial High School Photo - John Bapst offers an Accelerated English Program for International Students, which prepares non-native speakers for the same college entrance examinations - the SAT and AP exams - that American students take. Program participants take English and social science classes alongside American students. They also attend a second class daily in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation and receive help in specific class content areas. The John Bapst English Pledge, which applies during the school day and to television and movies on the weekends, is considered important to the student's overall language improvement.

Maine Coast Semester At Chewonki Photo - During the semester, students live on our 400 acre peninsula. With over five miles of trails and an organic horse powered farm, students always have new places to explore.

Aucocisco School Photo - First Day of School 2011

Lee Academy Photo - Lee Academy, a respected boarding program has hosted students from 16 states, seven Asian countries, five Central American/Caribbean countries, 10 European countries, Australia, Israel and Canada.

Hyde School Photo - Located in the quaint and historic shipbuilding city of Bath, Maine, on the Kennebec River, the 145-acre Hyde-Bath School campus was founded in 1966. Year-round, students and faculty enjoy miles of wooded running, bicycling, and cross-country skiing trails that extend beyond the campus.

Washington Academy Photo - Raider Football Under the Lights!

The New School Photo - TNS offers ample opportunities for hands-on learning. These math students are honing their skills with a carpentry project.

North Yarmouth Academy Photo - North Yarmouth Academy has a 20+ acre campus in Yarmouth, Maine. Ten minutes from Portland and less thank two hours from Boston. Our campus includes a newly renovated ice arena and fitness & wellness center.

Fryeburg Academy Photo - New LaCasce Dining Hall

Maine Coast Waldorf School Photo - Maine Coast Waldorf High School Building

Hebron Academy Photo - Hebron students enjoy a great sense of community before our weekly School Meeting.

Foxcroft Academy Photo - Annual orientation week white water rafting trip

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