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Maine City Rankings

Updated Monday, March 2, 2020, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 232)	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	0.99	4	3
2^nd	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0.984	20	18
3^rd	Falmouth	2	1	1	1	0.974	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	0.937	12	4
9^th	Kennebunk	2	1	1	2	0.933	10	1
10^th	Durham	1	0	0	0	0.929	7	3
11^th	Scarborough	4	1	1	0	0.923	8	3
12^th	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0.922	72	60
13^th	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.918	25	12
14^th	York	2	1	1	1	0.912	9	5
15^th	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0.91	17	2
16^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0.898	60	44
17^th	Addison	1	0	0	0	0.894	42	25
18^th	Rockport	1	0	1	2	0.893	24	6
19^th	Kittery Point	1	0	0	0	0.89		(n/a)
20^th	Freeport	2	1	1	2	0.888	14	6
21^st	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0.886	67	46
22^nd	Orono	1	1	1	0	0.876	18	4
23^rd	Eliot	1	1	0	1	0.865	26	3
24^th	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0.863	16	8
25^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.855	65	40
26^th	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0.852	22	4
27^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	3	0.843	45	18
28^th	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.839	32	4
29^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0.839	27	2
30^th	Bryant Pond	1	0	0	0	0.835	54	24
30^th	Camden	0	1	0	2	0.835	33	3
32^nd	Kittery	0	1	1	0	0.834	48	16
33^rd	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0.824	59	26
34^th	Brunswick	2	1	2	3	0.823	41	7
35^th	Holden	1	1	0	0	0.822	53	18
36^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0.82	84	48
37^th	Lovell	1	0	0	0	0.816	34	3
38^th	Bangor	7	2	1	5	0.814	21	17
39^th	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0.812	31	8
40^th	Wells	1	1	1	0	0.81	35	5
41^st	Athens	1	0	0	0	0.808	68	27
42^nd	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0.788	23	19
43^rd	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0.777	204	161
44^th	Minot	1	0	0	0	0.776	19	25
45^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	1	0.773	11	34
46^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0.765	49	3
47^th	Levant	1	0	0	0	0.757	39	8
48^th	Swanville	2	0	0	0	0.753		(n/a)
49^th	Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0.749	85	36
50^th	Dayton	2	0	0	0	0.745	92	42
51^st	Troy	1	0	0	0	0.741	206	155
52^nd	Raymond	1	1	0	1	0.737	61	9
52^nd	West Bath	2	0	0	0	0.737	57	5
54^th	Northport	2	0	0	0	0.725	47	7
55^th	Hermon	1	1	1	1	0.722	52	3
56^th	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0.718	113	57
57^th	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0.718	82	25
58^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0.714	97	39
59^th	Hebron	1	0	0	1	0.71	108	49
60^th	Sidney	1	0	1	1	0.704	63	3
61^st	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0.702	44	17
62^nd	Blue Hill	1	0	0	3	0.698	83	21
63^rd	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0.682	121	58
64^th	Hope	1	0	0	0	0.675	51	13
65^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0.668	50	15
66^th	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0.667	15	51
67^th	Poland	1	1	1	1	0.665	81	14
68^th	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0.663	106	38
69^th	East Machias	1	0	0	1	0.655	189	120
70^th	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0.647	56	14
71^st	Berwick	1	1	0	1	0.639	76	5
72^nd	South Berwick	2	0	1	1	0.639	13	59
73^rd	Bethel	1	1	1	1	0.635	139	66
74^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0.631	159	85
75^th	Gray	2	1	1	0	0.627	77	2
76^th	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0.626	89	13
77^th	Nobleboro	1	0	0	1	0.624	36	41
78^th	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0.616	90	12
79^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0.612	74	5
80^th	South Portland	5	2	3	2	0.608	96	16
81^st	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0.608	194	113
82^nd	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0.606	66	16
83^rd	Phippsburg	1	0	0	0	0.604	28	55
84^th	Woolwich	1	0	0	1	0.6	75	9
85^th	Fort Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0.599	127	42
86^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0.598	80	6
87^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0.588	169	82
88^th	Standish	2	0	1	0	0.585	164	76
89^th	Strong	1	0	0	0	0.584	93	4
90^th	Clinton	1	0	0	0	0.58	144	54
91^st	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0.579	140	49
92^nd	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0.576	104	12
93^rd	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0.576	86	7
94^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0.573	110	16
95^th	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0.569	70	25
96^th	Limington	1	0	0	0	0.565	101	5
97^th	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.563	130	33
98^th	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0.561	195	97
99^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0.558	30	69
100^th	West Paris	1	0	0	0	0.553		(n/a)
101^st	Houlton	2	1	1	2	0.551	98	3
102^nd	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0.551	174	72
103^rd	Albion	1	0	0	0	0.549	91	12
103^rd	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0.549	116	13
105^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0.546	135	30
106^th	Turner	2	1	1	1	0.545	132	26
107^th	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0.545	40	67
108^th	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0.541	62	46
109^th	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0.529	117	8
110^th	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0.522	122	12
111^th	Winslow	1	1	1	1	0.521	134	23
112^th	Frenchville	1	0	0	0	0.518	29	83
113^th	Windham	2	1	1	1	0.508	114	1
114^th	Etna	1	0	0	0	0.502	180	66
115^th	Portland	8	3	4	6	0.501	107	8
116^th	Farmingdale	0	0	1	0	0.5		(n/a)
117^th	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0.498	157	40
118^th	Bath	2	1	1	1	0.496	109	9
119^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0.49	69	50
120^th	Bucksport	2	1	1	2	0.483	199	79
121^st	Harpswell	1	1	0	0	0.476	73	48
122^nd	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0.472	137	15
123^rd	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	1	0.472	181	58
124^th	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0.471	203	79
125^th	Brewer	1	0	1	1	0.467	78	47
126^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	1	0.464	87	39
127^th	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0.463	55	72
128^th	Presque Isle	2	1	1	1	0.456	115	13
129^th	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0.449	184	55
130^th	Greenbush	1	0	0	0	0.439	178	48
131^st	Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0.439	105	26
132^nd	Hiram	1	1	1	0	0.433	182	50
133^rd	Bridgton	1	0	0	1	0.431	145	12
134^th	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0.429	188	54
135^th	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0.419	160	25
136^th	Acton	1	0	0	1	0.416	197	61
137^th	Sanford	3	1	1	2	0.414	147	10
138^th	Machias	1	0	1	0	0.405	136	2
139^th	Liberty	1	0	0	1	0.404	142	3
140^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0.392	79	61
141^st	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	1	0.39	192	51
142^nd	Union	1	0	0	0	0.388	129	13
143^rd	Calais	1	0	1	0	0.385	154	11
144^th	Benton	1	0	0	0	0.384	103	41
145^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0.382	155	10
146^th	Waterville	2	1	1	2	0.378	126	20
147^th	Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0.377	161	14
148^th	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0.376	124	24
149^th	Richmond	1	1	1	0	0.37	172	23
150^th	Belfast	4	2	2	0	0.361		(n/a)
151^st	Hollis Center	1	0	0	0	0.361	166	15
152^nd	East Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0.359	209	57
153^rd	Wales	0	0	1	0	0.357	173	20
154^th	Augusta	4	1	2	1	0.349	175	21
155^th	Bingham	1	1	1	0	0.346	95	60
156^th	West Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0.345	201	45
157^th	Cushing	1	0	0	0	0.341	99	58
158^th	Old Town	1	1	1	1	0.338	162	4
159^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0.337	118	41
160^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0.333	210	50
161^st	Eastport	1	0	1	0	0.33	233	72
162^nd	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0.329	143	19
163^rd	Waldoboro	1	1	1	1	0.328	119	44
164^th	China Village	1	1	0	0	0.327	111	53
165^th	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0.326	138	27
166^th	Harrison	1	0	0	0	0.325	196	30
167^th	Monmouth	1	1	1	0	0.319	156	11
168^th	West Enfield	1	0	0	0	0.318	151	17
169^th	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0.31	165	4
170^th	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0.307	214	44
171^st	Lee	0	1	0	1	0.306	146	25
172^nd	Auburn	6	1	1	6	0.301	183	11
173^rd	Caribou	1	1	1	0	0.295	120	53
174^th	Old Orchard Beach	1	1	1	0	0.295	141	33
175^th	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0.284	158	17
176^th	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0.282	215	39
177^th	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0.282	148	29
178^th	Naples	1	1	1	0	0.279	163	15
179^th	Rockland	1	0	1	1	0.278	123	56
180^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0.275	150	30
181^st	Pittsfield	2	1	1	1	0.271	198	17
182^nd	Westbrook	3	1	1	1	0.261	153	29
183^rd	Madison	1	1	1	0	0.26	216	33
184^th	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0.258	222	38
185^th	Buxton	1	1	0	2	0.251	168	17
186^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	1	0.241	190	4
187^th	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0.235	226	39
187^th	Winn	1	0	0	0	0.235	149	38
189^th	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.231	88	101
190^th	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.227	64	126
191^st	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0.224	217	26
192^nd	Norridgewock	1	0	0	1	0.22	187	5
193^rd	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0.216		(n/a)
194^th	Medway	0	1	0	0	0.212	186	8
194^th	Steep Falls	1	0	0	0	0.212		(n/a)
196^th	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0.204	231	35
197^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0.204	171	26
198^th	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0.196	176	22
199^th	Cherryfield	1	0	0	0	0.196		(n/a)
200^th	Jay	1	1	1	0	0.18	211	11
201^st	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0.177	220	19
202^nd	Warren	1	0	0	0	0.176	218	16
203^rd	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0.165	131	72
204^th	Norway	2	1	1	1	0.161	213	9
205^th	Corinna	1	0	0	0	0.161	223	18
206^th	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0.157	191	15
207^th	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0.152	208	1
208^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	1	0.149	207	1
209^th	Peru	2	0	0	1	0.141	205	4
210^th	Newport	1	1	1	0	0.138	200	10
211^th	Searsport	1	1	2	0	0.134	133	78
212^th	Limestone	1	0	1	0	0.133	46	166
213^th	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0.129	177	36
214^th	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0.122	152	62
215^th	Rumford	1	0	1	1	0.12	219	4
216^th	Salem Twp	0	0	1	0	0.107	71	145
217^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0.1	229	12
218^th	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0.09	58	160
219^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0.086	225	6
220^th	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0.078	224	4
221^st	Lewiston	7	1	1	1	0.075	228	7
222^nd	Jonesport	1	0	1	0	0.073	128	94
223^rd	Fryeburg	1	0	0	1	0.071	212	11
224^th	Anson	1	0	0	0	0.067		(n/a)
225^th	Dixfield	0	2	2	1	0.063	167	58
226^th	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0.063	102	124
227^th	Cornville	1	0	0	1	0.047	221	6
228^th	Hinckley	0	0	1	1	0.036	230	2
229^th	Hartland	0	1	0	1	0.027	232	3
230^th	Milo	1	0	1	0	0.018		(n/a)
231^st	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0.012	185	46
232^nd	Saint Agatha	0	0	1	0	0	227	5

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