We are a real school.

We are not a virtual school or a “school in a mailbox” -- we are a real high school issuing a real high school diploma. We have the usual large building, parking lots, heating bills, leaky roof, etc. (We even have the occasional graffiti written on our walls outside!)

Our school, North Atlantic Regional High School, is a state-recognized private school, and we have students working on their diplomas in 50 states and several foreign countries. Please see a copy of our letter from Maine’s Department of Education, School Approval Office, located at the beginning of the handbook.



NARS operates under the authority of Maine law. Specifically, the North Atlantic Regional Schools complies with the provisions of 20-A M.R.S.A. 5001 (a) which directs the Maine Department of Education to identify NARS as “a private school authorized by the department as providing equivalent instruction.” (20-A MRSA §5001-A, sub-§1 (b).

Graduates from our school are afforded the same privileges as any other graduate from any other Maine high school.
All NARS graduates, regardless of their place of residence, are awarded a diploma from the state of Maine.

Our students have gone to every possible type of college and university. Our graduates have gone to Harvard, Penn State, FSU, local colleges, technical colleges, the Air Force Academy, virtually everywhere. (One of our 2000 graduates went to Julliard! One of our 2001 graduates went to West Point.)

Further, our specific credentials indicate:
• Our IRS Federal ID number is 01-0534550
• Our Maine Bureau of Taxation number is 1052642
• Our College Board School Code Number is 200037
• Our US Dept. of Transportation DOT number for our school vehicles is USDOT 750404
• Our US Dept of Education ID number is 23 80011 8 21 2 16388
• Our US Dept of Commerce Bureau of the Census ID number is 23 8 0011 8 21 2 11614
• Our US Dept. of Labor ID and Maine Dept of Labor number is 064000043-6 0196823000-00000 8211 6
• Our US Dept. of Labor designation is 8211-- their designation as “ Elementary and Secondary school below university grades (ordinary grades 1 through 12). "
• NARS is an NCAA Clearinghouse participant. NARS graduates may qualify as NCAA athletes for college sports eligibility and scholarships.