Thornton Academy Voted Best Private School in Maine (USA)

Thornton Academy was named Best Private School (both elementary and secondary) in Down East magazine’s annual Best of Maine issue. From education to dining to outdoor adventures, Down East readers and editors selected their statewide favorites this year and Thornton Academy made the list. 

Winners of the “Best of Maine” awards are selected from nominees that are identified and voted on by thousands of Down East readers each year. Individual categories include Food & Drink, Shopping & Lifestyle, Travel & Play, Arts & Culture, and Home & Garden.

Thornton Academy, founded in 1811, is a co-educational, private boarding and day school for students in grades 6-12 in beautiful Saco, Maine. With students from more than 30 local towns and 52 different countries, the school is the largest in the state, and celebrates the  diversity and multiculturalism of the TA community.

At Thornton Academy, there are as many different avenues of exploration as there are different kinds of students, and we invite each student to ‘Be who they are, and become who they want to be.’”

Thornton Academy Tuition fee for 2020-2021 US$ 48,000 per year, includes boarding

For more inormation on this Award winning High School, please visit the Thornton Academy, Saco, Maine page on this web site, or write to StudyUnitedStates EU <- click for e-mail

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