Waynflete School
4 mi ✓ Maine Town Tuitioning (approved for public tuition, 2025-26) Grades PreK-12 520 students 6.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
Private schools with kindergarten in Portland, ME
13 in Portland or within 12 miles. 2 are on the state’s Town tuitioning list. Private schools that teach kindergarten, going by the grade span each school gave the 2023-24 federal survey.
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.
North Yarmouth Academy
12 mi ✓ Maine Town Tuitioning (approved for public tuition, 2025-26) Grades PreK-12 313 students 7.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
Holy Cross School
3 mi Grades PreK-8 95 students 4.8 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 136 students 7.6 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 44% to 4-year college
Levey Day School
5 mi Grades K-8 44 students 5.6 students per teacher Jewish Special program emphasis Co-ed
Pine Grove School
6 mi Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
St. Brigid School
6 mi Grades PreK-8 323 students 13.5 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Breakwater School
7 mi Grades PreK-8 98 students 6.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Morrison Center
7 mi Grades K-12 16 students 5.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Grades PreK-12 20 students Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 128 students 5.9 students per teacher Friends Co-ed
Grades PreK-1 17 students 6.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Winfield Childrens House
10 mi Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
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What Maine pays
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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