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Rank (of 235)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Cape Elizabeth	1	1	1	1	0.991	4	3
2^nd	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0.984	20	18
3^rd	Falmouth	2	1	1	1	0.975	1	2
4^th	Kennebunkport	1	0	0	0	0.973	6	2
5^th	Arundel	1	0	0	1	0.961	3	2
6^th	Yarmouth	2	1	1	1	0.959	2	4
7^th	Cumberland	2	1	1	0	0.943	5	2
8^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0.938	12	4
9^th	Kennebunk	2	1	1	2	0.934	10	1
10^th	Durham	1	0	0	0	0.93	7	3
11^th	Scarborough	4	1	1	0	0.924	8	3
12^th	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0.922	72	60
13^th	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.919	25	12
14^th	York	2	1	1	1	0.913	9	5
15^th	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0.911	17	2
16^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0.899	60	44
17^th	Addison	1	0	0	0	0.895	42	25
18^th	Rockport	1	0	1	2	0.895	24	6
19^th	Kittery Point	1	0	0	0	0.891		(n/a)
20^th	Freeport	2	1	1	2	0.889	14	6
21^st	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0.888	67	46
22^nd	Orono	1	1	1	0	0.878	18	4
23^rd	Eliot	1	1	0	1	0.866	26	3
24^th	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0.864	16	8
25^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.857	65	40
26^th	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0.854	22	4
27^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	3	0.845	45	18
28^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0.841	27	1
29^th	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.841	32	3
30^th	Bryant Pond	1	0	0	0	0.837	54	24
30^th	Camden	0	1	0	2	0.837	33	3
32^nd	Kittery	0	1	1	0	0.837	48	16
33^rd	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0.826	59	26
34^th	Holden	1	1	0	0	0.824	53	19
35^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0.822	84	49
36^th	Lovell	1	0	0	0	0.818	34	2
37^th	Bangor	7	2	1	5	0.815	21	16
38^th	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0.814	31	7
39^th	Wells	1	1	1	0	0.812	35	4
40^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0.81	68	28
41^st	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0.791	23	18
42^nd	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0.781	204	162
43^rd	Minot	1	0	0	0	0.779	19	24
44^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	1	0.775	11	33
45^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0.767	49	4
46^th	Levant	1	0	0	0	0.76	39	7
47^th	Swanville	2	0	0	0	0.756		(n/a)
48^th	Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0.752	85	37
49^th	Dayton	2	0	0	0	0.748	92	43
50^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0.744	206	156
51^st	Raymond	1	1	0	1	0.74	61	10
51^st	West Bath	2	0	0	0	0.74	57	6
53^rd	Northport	2	0	0	0	0.729	47	6
54^th	Hermon	1	1	1	1	0.725	52	2
55^th	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0.722	113	58
56^th	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0.721	82	26
57^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0.717	97	40
58^th	Hebron	1	0	0	1	0.713	108	50
59^th	Sidney	1	0	1	1	0.708	63	4
60^th	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0.705	44	16
61^st	Blue Hill	1	0	0	3	0.702	83	22
62^nd	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0.686	121	59
63^rd	Hope	1	0	0	0	0.678	51	12
64^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0.673	50	14
65^th	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0.671	15	50
66^th	Poland	1	1	1	1	0.669	81	15
67^th	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0.667	106	39
68^th	East Machias	1	0	0	1	0.659	189	121
69^th	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0.647	56	13
70^th	Berwick	1	1	0	1	0.643	76	6
71^st	Bethel	1	1	1	1	0.641	139	68
72^nd	South Berwick	2	0	1	1	0.638	13	59
73^rd	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0.636	159	86
74^th	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0.628	89	15
75^th	Nobleboro	1	0	0	1	0.628	36	39
76^th	Gray	2	1	1	0	0.628	77	1
77^th	Brunswick	2	1	2	3	0.628	41	36
78^th	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0.62	90	12
79^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0.616	74	5
80^th	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0.612	194	114
81^st	South Portland	5	2	3	2	0.609	96	15
82^nd	Phippsburg	1	0	0	0	0.609	28	54
83^rd	Fort Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0.605	127	44
84^th	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0.605	66	18
85^th	Woolwich	1	0	0	1	0.605	75	10
86^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0.604	80	6
87^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0.593	169	82
88^th	Strong	1	0	0	0	0.589	93	5
89^th	Standish	2	0	1	0	0.588	164	75
90^th	Clinton	1	0	0	0	0.585	144	54
91^st	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0.581	104	13
92^nd	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0.579	140	48
93^rd	Owls Head	1	0	0	0	0.578	43	50
94^th	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0.576	86	8
95^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0.57	110	15
96^th	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0.566	70	26
97^th	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.563	130	33
98^th	Limington	1	0	0	0	0.562	101	3
99^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0.562	30	69
100^th	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0.558	195	95
101^st	Houlton	2	1	1	2	0.557	98	3
102^nd	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0.556	174	72
103^rd	West Paris	1	0	0	0	0.55		(n/a)
104^th	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0.548	116	12
105^th	Turner	2	1	1	1	0.547	132	27
106^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0.547	135	29
107^th	Sebago	2	0	0	0	0.547	193	86
108^th	Albion	1	0	0	0	0.543	91	17
109^th	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0.539	40	69
110^th	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0.535	62	48
111^th	Winslow	1	1	1	1	0.524	134	23
112^th	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0.523	117	5
113^th	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0.521	122	9
114^th	Frenchville	1	0	0	0	0.512	29	85
115^th	Farmingdale	0	0	1	0	0.509		(n/a)
116^th	Windham	2	1	1	1	0.509	114	2
117^th	Portland	8	3	4	6	0.502	107	10
118^th	Bath	2	1	1	1	0.498	109	9
119^th	Etna	1	0	0	0	0.496	180	61
120^th	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0.492	157	37
121^st	Bucksport	2	1	1	2	0.486	199	78
122^nd	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0.484	69	53
123^rd	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	1	0.479	181	58
124^th	Harpswell	1	1	0	0	0.477	73	51
125^th	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0.476	137	12
126^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	1	0.472	87	39
127^th	Brewer	1	0	1	1	0.471	78	49
128^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0.465	203	75
129^th	Presque Isle	2	1	1	1	0.46	115	14
130^th	Stacyville	2	0	2	0	0.458	202	72
131^st	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0.457	55	76
132^nd	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0.449	184	52
133^rd	Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0.441	105	28
134^th	Hiram	1	1	1	0	0.438	182	48
135^th	Greenbush	1	0	0	0	0.434	178	43
136^th	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0.429	188	52
137^th	Bridgton	1	0	0	1	0.426	145	8
138^th	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0.423	160	22
139^th	Sanford	3	1	1	2	0.413	147	8
140^th	Acton	1	0	0	1	0.411	197	57
141^st	Machias	1	0	1	0	0.41	136	5
142^nd	Liberty	1	0	0	1	0.399	142
143^rd	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	1	0.391	192	49
144^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0.391	155	11
145^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0.388	79	66
146^th	Calais	1	0	1	0	0.384	154	8
147^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0.384	129	18
148^th	Waterville	2	1	1	2	0.383	126	22
149^th	Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0.38	161	12
149^th	Benton	1	0	0	0	0.38	103	46
151^st	Richmond	1	1	1	0	0.374	172	21
152^nd	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0.372	124	28
153^rd	Wales	0	0	1	0	0.368	173	20
154^th	East Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0.365	209	55
155^th	Belfast	4	2	2	0	0.363		(n/a)
156^th	Hollis Center	1	0	0	0	0.357	166	10
157^th	Bingham	1	1	1	0	0.35	95	62
158^th	Augusta	4	1	2	1	0.342	175	17
159^th	West Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0.341	201	42
160^th	Old Town	1	1	1	1	0.341	162	2
161^st	Cushing	1	0	0	0	0.337	99	62
162^nd	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0.333	118	44
162^nd	Eastport	1	0	1	0	0.333	233	71
164^th	Waldoboro	1	1	1	1	0.333	119	45
165^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0.329	210	45
165^th	China Village	1	1	0	0	0.329	111	54
167^th	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0.327	138	29
168^th	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0.326	143	25
169^th	Monmouth	1	1	1	0	0.324	156	13
170^th	Harrison	1	0	0	0	0.322	196	26
171^st	West Enfield	1	0	0	0	0.314	151	20
171^st	Lee	0	1	0	1	0.314	146	25
173^rd	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0.311	214	41
174^th	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0.306	165	9
175^th	Auburn	6	1	1	6	0.302	183	8
176^th	Caribou	1	1	1	0	0.297	120	56
177^th	Old Orchard Beach	1	1	1	0	0.295	141	36
178^th	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0.285	158	20
179^th	Rockland	1	0	1	1	0.283	123	56
180^th	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0.279	215	35
180^th	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0.279	148	32
182^nd	Naples	1	1	1	0	0.278	163	19
183^rd	Milford	1	0	0	0	0.271	150	33
184^th	Pittsfield	2	1	1	1	0.267	198	14
185^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	0.262	216	31
186^th	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0.262	222	36
187^th	Westbrook	3	1	1	1	0.259	153	34
188^th	Buxton	1	1	0	2	0.248	168	20
189^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	1	0.243	190	1
190^th	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0.233	226	36
190^th	Winn	1	0	0	0	0.233	149	41
192^nd	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.229	88	104
193^rd	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.225	64	129
194^th	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0.221	217	23
195^th	Norridgewock	1	0	0	1	0.217	187	8
196^th	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0.213		(n/a)
197^th	Steep Falls	1	0	0	0	0.209		(n/a)
197^th	Medway	0	1	0	0	0.209	186	11
199^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0.208	171	28
200^th	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0.202	176	24
201^st	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0.202	231	30
202^nd	Cherryfield	1	0	0	0	0.194		(n/a)
203^rd	Jay	1	1	1	0	0.18	211	8
204^th	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0.179	220	16
205^th	Warren	1	0	0	0	0.174	218	13
206^th	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0.163	131	75
207^th	Norway	2	1	1	1	0.161	213	6
208^th	Corinna	1	0	0	0	0.159	223	15
209^th	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0.155	191	18
210^th	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0.152	208	2
211^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	1	0.147	207	4
212^th	Peru	2	0	0	1	0.14	205	7
213^th	Newport	1	1	1	0	0.139	200	13
214^th	Searsport	1	1	2	0	0.135	133	81
215^th	Limestone	1	0	1	0	0.132	46	169
216^th	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0.128	177	39
217^th	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0.125	152	65
218^th	Rumford	1	0	1	1	0.123	219	1
219^th	Salem Twp	0	0	1	0	0.114	71	148
220^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0.099	229	9
221^st	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0.089	58	163
222^nd	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0.085	225	3
223^rd	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0.078	224	1
224^th	Jonesport	1	0	1	0	0.077	128	96
225^th	Lewiston	7	1	1	1	0.075	228	3
226^th	Fryeburg	1	0	0	1	0.07	212	14
227^th	Anson	1	0	0	0	0.066		(n/a)
228^th	Dixfield	0	2	2	1	0.063	167	61
229^th	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0.062	102	127
230^th	Cornville	1	0	0	1	0.047	221	9
231^st	Hinckley	0	0	1	1	0.044	230	1
232^nd	Hartland	0	1	0	1	0.027	232
233^rd	Milo	1	0	1	0	0.018		(n/a)
234^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0.012	185	49
235^th	Saint Agatha	0	0	1	0	0	227	8

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