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Welcome to John Bapst

Thank you for visiting the John Bapst website. We’re pleased to show you around one of America’s best boarding and day high schools.

School rankings are not the most important or even the first thing students should look at when choosing a new school. But we live in a world of numbers, and we are sometimes asked about John Bapst’s rank among schools.

We’re No. 1.

Our school has been known as an exceptional academic high school for many years. In the 1990’s, John Bapst led state testing results year after year. And this year, 2012, according to The Washington Post, John Bapst is the number one school in northern New England, based on a measure of the strength and breadth of the school’s AP (Advanced Placement) program.

Located in the attractive, safe city of Bangor in the beautiful state of Maine, John Bapst is an independent boarding and day school serving girls and boys in grades 9 through 12.  Our mission is excellence. Over the past four years, the school’s graduates have gone on to attend many of the nation’s top colleges and universities, including Bowdoin, Colby, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, NYU, Notre Dame, Penn, Williams, and Yale.  Here in our state, dozens of John Bapst scholars have entered the honors programs at the University of Maine, with several earning full four-year scholarships in engineering and other fields.

We also emphasize our school’s small size and friendliness. Teachers care deeply about students, and students care about each other and serve the community generously. Our students are creative and caring, and that’s why our music, art, and service programs are all so active.

As impressive as many John Bapst students are when they graduate, it’s important to know that we eagerly accept students from diverse educational and personal backgrounds. We know that the John Bapst approach – high expectations, outstanding teaching, student involvement, a caring community – does wonders for young people. The average freshman we accept isn’t average by the time he or she graduates.   

Please contact us at admissions@johnbapst.org if you know someone who should have the opportunity to attend John Bapst.   

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