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98% of our students continue on to four-year colleges and universities

Hyde School campus: Located in the quaint and historic shipbuilding city of Bath, Maine, on the Kennebec River, the Hyde School campus was founded in 1966. Formerly the estate of shipbuilder John S. Hyde, the sprawling 145-acre New England estate includes the historic Hyde Mansion and carriage house, which houses classrooms and offices. Other prominent facilities nestled around the estate include the Wheeler Library & Academic Wing, an all-inclusive athletic center with field house, wrestling room, entertainment center, weight and cardio rooms overlooking the 1915 Sunken Garden, Health Center, bookstore, and café, the Student Cultural Center, the Spiritual Center, three playing fields, including a turf field, an all-weather track, indoor tennis and basketball courts, and several dormitories. Year-round, students and faculty enjoy miles of wooded running, bicycling, and cross-country skiing trails that extend beyond the campus.

The campus includes a ropes course with zip line, a 600-acre wilderness facility located in the remote and pristine Bigelow Mountains in Eustis, Maine, running, biking, and cross-country ski trails, state-of-the-art music recording studio, climbing wall, and ice skating ponds.

Classrooms include interactive plasma displays, known as Smart Boards.

Facilities Descriptions: The Joseph W. Gauld Student Life and Athletic Center Complex, built in 2006, provides multiple options for athletes, including a climbing wall, and comfortable gathering spaces in the café, entertainment room, or gracious foyer, which faces the restored 1915 Sunken Garden and is equipped with a stone fireplace.

Facilities Descriptions: The Student Learning Center, built in 2006, houses a 5400-square-foot library, a resource center, computer laboratory, and comfortable classrooms, some of which overlook the picturesque campus grounds.

Facilities Descriptions: The Student Union houses a 600-seat performing arts center, a 350-seat dining hall, the campus mailroom, and a state-of-the-art music studio where students write and record original music.

All students participate in the Hyde School Performing Arts Program, three sports per year, a broad range of college preparatory classes, including AP for select students, and community service.

Hyde School offers a wide range of acclaimed summer and holiday programming options.

All seniors receive one-on-one college placement assistance.

The campus health center is staffed by registered nurses.

Facilities Descriptions: The Art Barn is the center for creativity, where students enjoy a rustic, cozy environment and quiet space for art expression.

Visiting parents can be accommodated at the Renewal Center, a beautiful on-campus dormitory and conference center for Family Weekends and family retreats.

The coastal, historic city of Bath, Maine is a 40-minute drive from the Portland International Jetport and a 2 ½-hour drive north from Boston.

LD types supported: Learning Enhancement for Academic Development (LEAD)

School accreditations: New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.; National Association of Independent Schools; Maine Association of Independent Schools; Independent School Association of Northern New England