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NFI Sidney River Bend School

3895 W River Rd, Sidney, ME 04330Open, per Google (checked Sep 29, 2026)

9-12 grades
Under 10 K-12 students

NFI Sidney River Bend School is a special education private school in Sidney, ME teaching grades 9-12. It reported fewer than 10 K-12 students in the 2023-24 federal survey.

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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. Official Town tuitioning source.

School facts

Grades
9-12
Students
Fewer than 10 (K-12)
Teachers
2
Student body
Coeducational
Program
Special education
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
Setting
Rural

These are the numbers the school gave the U.S. Department of Education for the 2023-24 school year, published in July 2026. The survey counts students in kindergarten to grade 12, not pre-K. Enrollment and staffing move every year, so ask the school for today’s figures. Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

NFI Sidney River Bend School tuition, and what Town tuitioning pays

We have not verified a tuition figure for NFI Sidney River Bend School yet. Every private school sets its own price and most share it on request: ask for the full-year tuition for your child’s grade plus required fees, or look for a tuition page on the school’s website. Then put the figure in the calculator below to see what Town tuitioning leaves you to pay.

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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