Private Schools in Maine: 105 by City and County

Maine Town Tuitioning Program Scholarship

Tuition paid by your school district, up to a state formula For 2025-26 the state average tuition rates were $13,077.51 (elementary) and $15,055.22 (secondary). Payments to private elementary schools may not exceed the statewide average; secondary rates add an allowance for building costs. The 2026-27 rates are due in December 2026.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

1,827 students in 2024-25, according to EdChoice.

Worth knowing: Only families whose school administrative unit neither runs a school for that grade nor contracts with a particular school for it get to choose. Religious schools became eligible after the 2022 Supreme Court case Carson v. Makin.

How Town tuitioning works, start to finish

By city

The number is how many private schools sit within 6 miles of each town (12 miles for smaller towns), so nearby towns can overlap.

Portland (18 nearby)
South Portland (14 nearby)
Auburn (13 nearby)
Brunswick (10 nearby)
Lewiston (10 nearby)
Bangor (6 nearby)
Blue Hill (3 nearby)

By kind of school

By county

The largest private schools in Maine

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Fryeburg Academy ✓	Fryeburg	9-12	654	11	Nonsectarian
Erskine Academy ✓	South China	9-12	552	13	Nonsectarian
Waynflete School ✓	Portland	PreK-12	520	6.3	Nonsectarian
John Bapst Memorial High School ✓	Bangor	9-12	506	14.1	Nonsectarian
St. Dominic Academy-Auburn	Auburn	PreK-12	446	12.2	Roman Catholic
Foxcroft Academy ✓	Dover Foxcroft	8-12	445	14.4	Nonsectarian
Cheverus High School ✓	Portland	9-12	344	11.1	Roman Catholic
Bangor Christian Schools	Bangor	PreK-12	324	18.9	Baptist
St. Brigid School	Portland	PreK-8	323	13.5	Roman Catholic
Washington Academy ✓	East Machias	9-12	319	11.8	Nonsectarian
North Yarmouth Academy ✓	Yarmouth	PreK-12	313	7.3	Nonsectarian
George Stevens Academy ✓	Blue Hill	9-12	311	12.1	Nonsectarian
Maine Central Institute ✓	Pittsfield	9-12	306	9.1	Nonsectarian
Maine Coast Waldorf School ✓	Freeport	PreK-12	227	6.1	Nonsectarian
Temple Academy	Waterville	PreK-12	224	14	Christian (nondenominational)

What private school costs in Maine

We have read published tuition on 9 Maine school websites. The middle price is $15,490 for kindergarten to grade 5 (5 schools), $15,490 for grades 6 to 8 (5 schools), $24,700 for grades 9 to 12 (6 schools). Published prices run from $3,600 to $43,240 a year.

These are the schools we have verified so far, mostly larger ones, so treat the figures as a guide rather than an average. Each school's page links its source. Tuition in every state.

Run your own numbers

What would you pay?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms Town tuitioning award Children

We could not confirm this year’s Town tuitioning amount, so type in the figure from your award letter. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Get one email when applications open

Most programs open once a year, and several ran out of money or seats in 2026. Pick your state and we will email you the day the next window opens, with the official link. That is the only email you get.

One email per application window. No calls, no sharing your details.

Questions parents ask

How much does Maine pay toward private school?

Tuition paid by your school district, up to a state formula. For 2025-26 the state average tuition rates were $13,077.51 (elementary) and $15,055.22 (secondary). Payments to private elementary schools may not exceed the statewide average; secondary rates add an allowance for building costs. The 2026-27 rates are due in December 2026.

Who can get it?

Students whose Maine school administrative unit neither runs a school for their grade nor contracts with a particular school for it. If the unit has a contract, students attend the contract school and the unit pays only that contract, so living in a town without its own school is not enough on its own.

Is there still room?