Thetford Academy, Vermont


Thetford Academy is a coeducational independent school in Thetford, Vermont. The state's oldest secondary school, Thetford Academy celebrated its Bicentennial year in 2018–19.


An historic New England Town Academy, Thetford Academy serves as the designated public school for the town of Thetford. The school also has partnership agreements with the towns of Strafford, VT, and Lyme, NH, and serves students in an additional nine towns that have school choice: Brownsville, Chelsea, Corinth, Hartland, Orange, Sharon, Topsham, Tunbridge, and Washington, VT.


In addition, the school has tuition-paying students from towns without school choice, such as Hanover, NH, and Norwich, VT, and a small contingent of international students from such countries as China, South Korea, Greece, and Rwanda. In 2018–19, the school enrolled 301 students in grades 7-12.

Robotics

Thetford Academy boasts a successful VEX robotics program, which is the first VRC program in Vermont. Team 4886 has helped start up to 5 other VRC teams in Vermont so far this season alone.