Best Cities in Maine for Schools

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Rank (of 268)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0	0.993	51	50
2^nd	Kennebunkport	1	0	0	0	0	0.99	33	31
3^rd	South Bristol	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	17	14
4^th	Steuben	1	0	0	0	0	0.979	151	147
5^th	Cape Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	1	0.979	1	4
6^th	Harpswell	1	0	0	0	0	0.969	119	113
7^th	Cumberland	2	1	1	0	0	0.967	8	1
8^th	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.966	11	3
9^th	Yarmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.963	7	2
10^th	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	18	8
11^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0.955	40	29
12^th	West Bath	2	0	0	0	1	0.951	15	3
13^th	Dresden	1	0	0	0	0	0.944	217	204
14^th	Castine	1	0	0	0	0	0.938	4	10
15^th	Falmouth	2	1	1	1	1	0.937	10	5
16^th	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	3	13
17^th	Penobscot	1	0	0	0	0	0.927	16	1
18^th	Kennebunk	2	1	1	0	2	0.923	22	4
19^th	Northport	2	0	0	0	0	0.917	9	10
20^th	Eliot	1	1	0	0	1	0.91	31	11
21^st	Rockport	1	0	1	0	2	0.905	20	1
22^nd	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.903	21	1
23^rd	York	2	1	1	0	1	0.898	19	4
24^th	Unity	1	0	1	0	0	0.893	140	116
25^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.892	6	19
26^th	Phippsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	30	4
27^th	Lamoine	2	0	0	0	0	0.878	46	19
28^th	Sebago	2	0	0	0	0	0.875		(n/a)
29^th	Freeport	2	1	1	0	2	0.872	24	5
30^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	36	6
31^st	Camden	0	1	0	0	3	0.87	29	2
32^nd	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	0.868	2	30
33^rd	Scarborough	4	1	2	0	1	0.864	26	7
34^th	South Berwick	2	0	1	0	1	0.862	70	36
35^th	Georgetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.861	25	10
36^th	Holden	1	1	0	0	0	0.851	41	5
37^th	Blue Hill	1	0	0	0	3	0.851	83	46
38^th	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0	0.848	23	15
39^th	Solon	1	0	0	0	0	0.847	49	10
40^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0	0.844	89	49
41^st	Orono	1	1	1	0	0	0.841	35	6
42^nd	Nobleboro	1	0	0	0	2	0.837	12	30
43^rd	Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.83	42	1
44^th	Arundel	1	0	0	0	1	0.823	39	5
45^th	Steep Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.816		(n/a)
46^th	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	28	18
47^th	Fort Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.809	75	28
48^th	Sidney	1	0	0	0	1	0.809	32	16
49^th	Minot	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	116	67
50^th	Monroe	1	0	0	0	0	0.802	5	45
51^st	Brunswick	2	1	1	0	2	0.802	57	6
52^nd	Eastbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0.788	250	198
53^rd	Lebanon	2	0	0	0	0	0.786	73	20
54^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	38	16
55^th	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.781	102	47
56^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0	0.778	212	156
57^th	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0	0.778	80	23
58^th	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.771	103	45
59^th	Farmingdale	0	0	1	0	0	0.769	56	3
60^th	Bryant Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.767	43	17
61^st	Bangor	7	2	1	0	6	0.763	55	6
62^nd	Owls Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.753	84	22
63^rd	Strong	0	1	1	0	0	0.753	76	13
64^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0	0.75	77	13
65^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	13	52
66^th	Edgecomb	1	0	0	0	3	0.74	114	48
67^th	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0	0.736	27	40
68^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0	0.733	104	36
69^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	0	1	0.729	48	21
70^th	South Portland	5	1	2	0	4	0.729	129	59
71^st	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	86	15
72^nd	Wells	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	44	28
73^rd	Cherryfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.701	147	74
74^th	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	136	62
75^th	Levant	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	92	17
76^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	65	11
77^th	Saint Agatha	1	0	1	0	0	0.684	144	67
78^th	Pembroke	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	14	64
79^th	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0	0.677	72	7
80^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0	0.673	149	69
81^st	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.666	79	2
82^nd	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0	0.656	50	32
83^rd	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0	0.653	67	16
84^th	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0	0.652	121	37
85^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0	0.651	59	26
86^th	Kittery Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	98	12
87^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	100	13
88^th	Millinocket	1	0	1	0	1	0.638	159	71
89^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	0	3	0.632	45	44
90^th	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0	0.628	120	30
91^st	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0	0.626	62	29
92^nd	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	88	4
93^rd	Cushing	1	0	0	0	0	0.618	142	49
94^th	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0	0.615	146	52
95^th	Hermon	1	1	1	0	1	0.613	69	26
96^th	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	53	43
97^th	Winslow	1	1	1	0	1	0.604	106	9
98^th	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.601	110	12
99^th	Brooklin	1	0	0	0	0	0.601	47	52
100^th	Edmunds Twp	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	37	63
101^st	Cutler	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	155	54
102^nd	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.587	132	30
103^rd	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.587	154	51
104^th	Gray	2	1	1	0	1	0.586	95	9
105^th	Lovell	1	0	0	0	0	0.583	195	90
106^th	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0	0.578	112	6
107^th	West Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	81	26
108^th	Wayne	1	0	0	0	0	0.566	91	17
109^th	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	152	43
110^th	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.559	158	48
111^th	Brewer	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	135	24
112^th	Raymond	1	1	0	0	1	0.554	71	41
113^th	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	52	61
114^th	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0	0.55	85	29
115^th	Addison	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	237	122
116^th	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.547	143	27
117^th	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.545	74	43
118^th	Limington	1	0	0	0	0	0.542	58	60
119^th	Bethel	1	1	1	0	1	0.539	96	23
120^th	Hiram	1	1	1	0	0	0.539	148	28
121^st	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	34	87
122^nd	Kittery	0	1	1	0	1	0.528	93	29
123^rd	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0	0.527	94	29
124^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	173	49
125^th	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.518	122	3
126^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	68	58
127^th	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.514	167	40
128^th	Presque Isle	2	1	1	0	1	0.509	101	27
129^th	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	141	12
130^th	China	1	1	0	0	0	0.498		(n/a)
131^st	Brooksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.493	133	2
132^nd	Acton	1	0	0	0	1	0.49	107	25
133^rd	Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0.486	224	91
134^th	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0	0.484	168	34
135^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	160	25
136^th	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	0	1	0.477	134	2
137^th	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0	0.476	210	73
138^th	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0	0.475	105	33
139^th	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	1	0.472	169	30
140^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.47	117	23
141^st	Woolwich	1	0	0	0	1	0.465	82	59
142^nd	Hinckley	0	0	1	0	1	0.463	64	78
143^rd	Swanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.462	255	112
144^th	Bucksport	2	1	1	0	2	0.461	131	13
145^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0	0.455	99	46
146^th	Windham	2	1	1	0	1	0.453	123	23
147^th	Houlton	2	1	1	0	2	0.452	162	15
148^th	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0	0.446	252	104
149^th	Old Orchard Beach	1	1	1	0	0	0.441	177	28
150^th	Rockland	1	0	1	0	1	0.437	192	42
151^st	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0	0.433	228	77
152^nd	Poland	1	1	1	0	1	0.429	125	27
153^rd	Portland	8	3	4	0	8	0.427	161	8
154^th	East Machias	1	0	0	0	1	0.424	124	30
155^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.42	108	47
156^th	Sullivan	1	1	1	0	0	0.42	193	37
157^th	Pittsfield	2	1	0	0	1	0.416	164	7
158^th	Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0.41	66	92
159^th	Stratton	1	0	0	0	0	0.406	183	24
160^th	Waterville	2	1	1	0	3	0.406	176	16
161^st	Casco	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	118	43
162^nd	Berwick	2	1	0	0	1	0.396	181	19
163^rd	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.392	214	51
164^th	West Gardiner	1	0	0	0	1	0.382	171	7
165^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	1	0.379	191	26
166^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.378	199	33
167^th	East Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.375	137	30
168^th	Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0.375	78	90
169^th	Bridgton	1	0	0	0	1	0.372	111	58
170^th	Dayton	2	0	0	0	0	0.368	115	55
171^st	Waldoboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.358	127	44
172^nd	Etna	1	0	0	0	0	0.354	90	82
173^rd	Monmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0.352	97	76
174^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.351	257	83
175^th	Turner	2	1	1	0	1	0.346	128	47
176^th	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.344	233	57
177^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.34	244	67
178^th	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0	0.337	241	63
179^th	Augusta	4	1	3	0	2	0.336	190	11
180^th	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0	0.334	186	6
181^st	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0	0.334	213	32
182^nd	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	1	0.333	219	37
183^rd	Norridgewock	1	0	0	0	1	0.33	211	28
184^th	Auburn	6	1	1	0	7	0.329	185	1
185^th	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.328	215	30
186^th	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0	0.326	182	4
187^th	Naples	1	1	1	0	0	0.321	202	15
188^th	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0	0.319	156	32
189^th	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0	0.317	220	31
190^th	Princeton	2	0	0	0	0	0.316	180	10
191^st	Skowhegan	4	1	2	0	0	0.315	194	3
192^nd	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.309	170	22
193^rd	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.306	203	10
194^th	Connor Twp	1	0	0	0	0	0.306	201	7
195^th	Jonesport	1	0	1	0	0	0.305	174	21
196^th	Standish	2	0	1	0	1	0.302	166	30
197^th	Fryeburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.302	184	13
198^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	0	1	0.301	208	10
199^th	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0	0.301	226	27
200^th	Caribou	1	0	1	0	0	0.298	222	22
201^st	Bath	2	1	1	0	1	0.297	153	48
202^nd	Bingham	1	0	1	0	0	0.297	245	43
203^rd	Sanford	2	1	1	0	3	0.293	188	15
204^th	Sedgwick	1	0	0	0	0	0.288	204
205^th	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0	0.268	175	30
206^th	Newport	1	1	1	0	0	0.265	207	1
207^th	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.264	236	29
208^th	Anson	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	163	45
209^th	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	243	34
210^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.243	145	65
211^th	Old Town	1	1	1	0	1	0.239	205	6
212^th	Lee	0	1	0	0	1	0.239	165	47
213^th	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0	0.239	265	52
214^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	0	1	0.236	216	2
215^th	Buxton	1	1	0	0	2	0.233	209	6
216^th	Bass Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.233	229	13
217^th	Beals	1	0	0	0	0	0.229	60	157
218^th	Rumford	1	0	1	0	1	0.225	231	13
219^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	0	1	0.225	227	8
220^th	Hartland	1	0	0	0	1	0.222	246	26
221^st	Hollis	1	0	0	0	0	0.219		(n/a)
222^nd	Winn	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	178	44
223^rd	Madison	2	0	1	0	0	0.209	240	17
224^th	Westbrook	3	1	1	0	1	0.206	230	6
225^th	Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	0.198	157	68
226^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	1	0.188	197	29
227^th	Machias	1	0	1	0	0	0.185	221	6
228^th	Stacyville	2	0	2	0	0	0.185	198	30
229^th	Andover	2	0	0	0	0	0.184	109	120
230^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.177	262	32
231^st	Harrison	1	0	0	0	1	0.174	242	11
232^nd	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0	0.174	258	26
233^rd	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.17	264	31
234^th	Jonesboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.16		(n/a)
235^th	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0	0.158	200	35
236^th	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0	0.155	238	2
237^th	Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0.146	172	65
238^th	Calais	1	0	1	0	0	0.145	187	51
239^th	Greenbush	1	0	0	0	0	0.142	261	22
240^th	Paris	1	1	1	0	0	0.136		(n/a)
241^st	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0	0.128	150	91
242^nd	Milo	1	0	1	0	0	0.124	267	25
243^rd	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	179	64
244^th	Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	0.115	138	106
245^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.111	253	8
246^th	Norway	1	0	0	0	0	0.108	248	2
247^th	Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.101	247
248^th	Searsport	1	1	1	0	0	0.099	239	9
249^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	1	0.097	234	15
250^th	Clinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.094	189	61
251^st	Eastport	1	0	1	0	0	0.087	235	16
252^nd	Lewiston	6	1	1	0	4	0.08	256	4
253^rd	Lubec	1	0	0	0	0	0.08	225	28
254^th	Peru	2	0	0	0	1	0.076	251	3
255^th	Jay	1	1	1	0	0	0.076	218	37
256^th	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0	0.074	232	24
257^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0	0.072	254	3
258^th	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.063	113	145
259^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.059	266	7
260^th	West Paris	1	0	0	0	0	0.052	223	37
261^st	Fayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.049	130	131
262^nd	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	269	7
263^rd	Dixfield	0	2	2	0	1	0.026	259	4
264^th	Cornville	1	0	0	0	1	0.024	263	1
265^th	Medway	0	1	0	0	0	0.022	268	3
266^th	Wales	0	0	1	0	0	0.017	249	17
267^th	Caswell	1	0	0	0	0	0.01		(n/a)
268^th	Machiasport	1	0	0	0	0	0.007	270	2

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