Lincoln Academy

Newcastle · ME · Private independent

Private

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Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki → Hyde School → Spurwink-Chelsea → Pathways Merry Meeting Center → Erskine Academy → Chop Point School → Spurwink-Lewiston/Auburn → Maine Coast Waldorf School →

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How Lincoln Academy compares for families

What families should know about Lincoln Academy.

▸ LocallyME sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Hyde School, Spurwink-Chelsea and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Maine

96%

admit rate

$13,326

in-state tuition/yr · $36,756 out-of-state

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,510/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Lincoln Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 88 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
the last 5 years

American University Bard College Bates College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Carleton College Case Western Reserve Central Maine Community College Champlain College Clark University Colby College College of the Atlantic Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University Dartmouth College Drexel University Earlham College Emerson College Endicott College Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Grinnell College

and 58 more

Hamilton College Hampshire College Hobart & William Smith Colleges Husson University Ithaca College Johnson & Wales University Lehigh University Maine College of Art & Design Maine Maritime Academy Marist College Michigan State University Montana State University New York University Oberlin College Ohio State University Olin College of Engineering Pace University Purdue University Quinnipiac University Reed College Rice University Rutgers University Saint Anselm College Saint Joseph’s College Saint Lawrence University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design Simmons College Skidmore College Smith College Southern Maine Community College St. Andrews University Edinburough St. Olaf College Swarthmore College Temple University Trinity College Tufts University Union College University of Amsterdam University of Arizona University of California (various campuses) University of Connecticut University of Ireland Galway University of Maine University of Massachusetts University of Michigan University of New England University of New Hampshire University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester University of Southern Maine University of Vermont Vassar College Washington University Wentworth Institute of Technology Wheaton College Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Lincoln Academy — LA School Profile 2025-26 ↗. Found at: page 2, 'Colleges Attended by LA Graduates in the last 5 years'.

About this listing

Lincoln Academy is listed by PSS 2018 · NAIS. It has not reported to the federal Private School Survey, which is voluntary, so enrollment figures are not available here — many of the country's oldest independent schools are in the same position. The school's own site: www.lincolnacademy.org ↗

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Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki Wiscasset	Private	10.9	39	—
Hyde School Bath	Private	16.8	85	-50.3%
Spurwink-Chelsea Chelsea	Private	18.6	26	—
Pathways Merry Meeting Center Brunswick	Private	21.6	12	—
Erskine Academy South China	Private	23.2	526	-11.6%
Chop Point School Woolwich	Private	14.8	79	+8.2%
Spurwink-Lewiston/Auburn Lewiston	Private	32.3	21	—
Maine Coast Waldorf School Freeport	Private	32.7	227	-2.6%

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