The Bay School
under 1 mi ✓ Maine Town Tuitioning (approved for public tuition, 2025-26) Grades PreK-8 95 students 9.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed
Private schools in Blue Hill, ME
3 schools in Blue Hill itself. 3 of them are on the state’s Town tuitioning list. In a tuitioning town, your school district pays tuition, up to a state formula.
Blue Hill private schools at a glance
Blue Hill has 3 private schools of its own. They are The Bay School, Blue Hill Harbor School and George Stevens Academy. In Blue Hill itself: 3 nonsectarian; 1 teaches elementary grades and 2 teach high school. All of them are co-ed. 1 reports membership in a school association, most often the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 95 students and 9.9 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 3 are on the official Town tuitioning list.
Private schools in Blue Hill (3)
Schools that give Blue Hill as their address come first. Schools on the official Town tuitioning list are first, then it goes by distance. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in Blue Hill matches all of those.
Blue Hill Harbor School
under 1 mi ✓ Maine Town Tuitioning (approved for public tuition, 2025-26) Grades 9-12 28 students 6.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 56% to 4-year college
✓ Maine Town Tuitioning (approved for public tuition, 2025-26) Grades 9-12 311 students 12.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 58% to 4-year college
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What Maine pays, and what that leaves you
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
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Blue Hill?
3 private schools give Blue Hill as their address: The Bay School, Blue Hill Harbor School and George Stevens Academy. Together they enrolled about 434 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Blue Hill is George Stevens Academy with 311 students.
Which Blue Hill private schools take Town tuitioning?
3 of the 3 schools on this page are on the state’s official Town tuitioning list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. The Maine Department of Education publishes two PDFs of private elementary and secondary schools approved to receive public tuition, covering 2020-21 through 2025-26 and dated January 23, 2026. Schools are approved each year. Schools marked with the badge here have a 2025-26 public tuition rate on those lists; we match by school name and town, or by a name that appears only once in the state.
Will Town tuitioning cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. In a tuitioning town, your school district pays tuition, up to a state formula, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.