North Yarmouth Academy (also known as "NYA") is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory day school serving students from early childhood education to postgraduate. NYA was founded in 1814, in what was then North Yarmouth, Maine, prior to the 1849 secession that established Yarmouth, the town in which the school now stands. NYA has 394 enrolled students with an average class size of 14 students. NYA offers 16 interscholastic sports for boys and girls at the Varsity and Junior Varsity level.

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North Yarmouth Academy
The facade of NYA's main building is flanked by the Safford Center (left) and the Curtis Complex (right)
Address
148 Main Street Yarmouth , Maine 04096 United States
Coordinates	43°47′56″N 70°11′08″W
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Type	Co-ed, prep school
Established	1814
Head of School	Ben Jackson
Faculty	60
Grades	Toddler - Post Graduate
Enrollment	394
Average class size	14 students[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10:1[1]
Color(s)	Black and Orange
Athletics	16 interscholastic sports[2]
Mascot	Panther
Website	www.nya.org
North Yarmouth Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1841
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	75000097[3]
Added to NRHP	March 4, 1975

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NYA students carry five academic courses plus electives each year and are required to participate in athletics or theater each season/semester. NYA offers 16 Advanced Placement courses. As of the 2022-2023 school year, NYA no longer offers Mandarin Chinese.

NYA student athletes participate on a variety of varsity athletic teams. All NYA students in grades 6-12 participate in team sports or approved alternatives three seasons per year. More than 40% of graduates continue to play intercollegiate sports. One hundred percent of Middle School students and 73% of Upper School students participate in a musical ensemble. There are currently 12 musical ensembles offered at NYA.

During the 2010-2011 school year, NYA students gave more than 4,500 hours to community service, assisting more than 55 community and civic organizations in the Greater Portland, Maine area.

From 2001 to 2011, NYA built a $3M science center (the Peter W. Mertz Science Center, 2006), has renovated the oldest building on campus (Russell Hall, 2009) into a foreign language center, added an all-weather athletic (turf) field, built the Priscilla Savage Middle School in 2003 and increased endowment for faculty enrichment and student diversity.

NYA added a Lower School, grades Pre-K through 4, in the fall of 2013 and expanded to include a toddler program (18-months) in the fall of 2014. The Lower School uses Montessori methods through kindergarten. In the first through fourth grades, the program builds off a Montessori foundation, fostering curiosity and motivation to learn while also preparing students for an easy transition to the Middle School at NYA.

The NYA campus consists of academic and art buildings and two athletic buildings. The campus also has two athletic fields, three tennis courts, and a softball field.^[4] Its two oldest surviving buildings, Russell Hall (1841) and Academy Hall (1847), are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

• Priscilla Savage Middle School - Grades 5-8, health services office, and community room
• Peter W. Mertz Science Building - Science, and some math, classes for both the Middle and Upper Schools
• Higgins Hall - The choral and instrumental music building, also includes functionality for a black box theater and recording studio/practice rooms
• Russell Hall - Current foreign language center, Edgar F. White '38 Athletic Hall of Fame, and former science building
• Academy Hall - Former 7th and 8th grade building, currently empty
• Blanchard House - Middle School art
• Dole House - Office building, including admission, alumni relations, development, and marketing & communications offices
• Curtis Complex - Main building for Upper School students, includes Bicentennial Learning Commons, gymnasium, and Safford Center (cafeteria and stage), main office, and business office
• Toddler House, Storer House - Two classrooms for our youngest students ages 18 months to 3 years old. Former 6th grade building, auction volunteer office, retail store, communications and summer programs office
• Merrill Lower School Building - Main building for Lower School students with primary to grade 4 classrooms. Renovated 23 Storer Street in 2013 and expanded in 2014

Two former NYA properties, the Weld House and Shepley House, were sold in 2018 to private investors for development into a condominium complex.^[6] The Payne Elwell House, at 162 Main Street, is also under contract to be sold.^[6]

North Yarmouth Academy has an athletic requirement that each student in grades 6 through 12 participate in an athletic program every season throughout the school year. Exceptions to this policy include the ability to participate in the arts once a year.^[2]

• John C. Hall, physician, Wisconsin state senator and Union Army doctor
• Leonard Swett, 1843, close friend of President Abraham Lincoln, organizer of the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago
• Oliver Stevens, 1844, American attorney and politician
• T.A.D. Fessenden, 1848, American attorney and politician
• Charles Addison Boutelle, 1851, 9-term U.S. congressman (1880–1901)
• Augustus W. Corliss, 1851, writer and historian
• Harlan Prince, sea captain and politician
• Oliver O. Howard, Union general during the Civil War and founder of Howard University
• John Albion Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts 1861–1865
• George Frederick Barker, physician and scientist
• Augustus Burbank, physician, former president of NYA
• Henry J. Bean, American attorney and Oregon judge
• Edward C. Plummer, 1881, American author, historian and lawyer
• Thomas Young Crowell, founder of publishing house Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. (1876–1976), later bought out by Harper & Row
• Frank Knight, 1925, arborist, for whom Knight Field is named
• Ernie Coombs C.M., 1945, one of Canada's most famous and popular TV personalities, 'Mr. Dressup' Order of Canada recipient
• Carl Henry Winslow, 1949, fire chief and U.S. Army reservist
• Mike McHugh, 1983, professional ice hockey player
• Eric Weinrich, 1985, former NHL defenceman
• Eric Fenton, 1988 professional ice hockey player
• Travis Roy, 1995, ice hockey player. After his career ending injury he founded the Travis Roy Foundation and was a highly successful motivational speaker'
• Oliver Wahlstrom, professional hockey player for the New York Islanders

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine