Maine City Rankings

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Rank (of 209)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.991	13	12
2^nd	Cape Elizabeth	1	1	1	1	0.98	1	1
3^rd	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0.978	12	9
4^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.974	25	21
5^th	Falmouth	2	1	1	1	0.973	3	2
6^th	Lamoine	2	0	0	0	0.969		(n/a)
7^th	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0.965	15	8
8^th	Arundel	1	0	0	1	0.952	5	3
9^th	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0.943	41	32
10^th	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0.939	100	90
11^th	Freeport	2	1	1	2	0.937	20	9
12^th	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0.933	26	14
13^th	Durham	1	0	0	0	0.925	10	3
14^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0.913	64	50
15^th	Sidney	1	0	1	1	0.912	59	44
16^th	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0.904	33	17
17^th	Camden	0	1	0	3	0.902	30	13
18^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0.899	8	10
19^th	Yarmouth	2	1	1	1	0.897	6	13
20^th	West Bath	2	0	0	1	0.895	51	31
21^st	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0.891	55	34
22^nd	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0.89	38	16
23^rd	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0.886	109	86
24^th	Kennebunk	2	1	1	2	0.885	9	15
25^th	Rockport	1	0	1	2	0.884	18	7
26^th	East Machias	1	0	0	1	0.882	68	42
27^th	Nobleboro	1	0	0	2	0.873	75	48
28^th	Kittery Point	1	0	0	0	0.864	19	9
29^th	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0.86	21	8
30^th	York	2	1	1	1	0.859	14	16
31^st	Washington	1	0	0	0	0.855	16	15
32^nd	Eliot	1	1	0	1	0.85	23	9
33^rd	Frenchville	1	0	0	0	0.833	114	81
34^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0.825	145	111
35^th	Cumberland	2	1	1	0	0.822	7	28
36^th	Edgecomb	1	0	0	3	0.807		(n/a)
37^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0.807	28	9
38^th	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.803	29	9
39^th	Gray	2	1	1	1	0.796	76	37
40^th	Hope	1	0	0	0	0.794	63	23
41^st	Lee	0	1	0	1	0.793	171	130
42^nd	Wells	1	1	1	0	0.791	39	3
43^rd	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0.789	78	35
44^th	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0.788	74	30
45^th	Blue Hill	1	0	0	3	0.781	61	16
46^th	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.776	192	146
47^th	Kennebunkport	1	0	0	0	0.772	4	43
48^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0.768	122	74
49^th	China Village	1	1	0	0	0.762	165	116
50^th	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	1	0.761	123	73
51^st	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0.759	174	123
52^nd	Orono	1	1	1	0	0.75	22	30
53^rd	Brewer	1	0	1	0	0.742	127	74
54^th	Bass Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.741		(n/a)
55^th	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0.732	2	53
56^th	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0.724	60	4
57^th	Scarborough	4	1	2	1	0.721	11	46
58^th	Stratton	1	0	0	0	0.719		(n/a)
58^th	Calais	1	0	1	0	0.719	146	88
58^th	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0.719	180	122
58^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0.719	35	23
62^nd	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0.713	178	116
63^rd	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0.704	167	104
64^th	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0.697	56	8
65^th	Standish	2	0	1	1	0.694	89	24
66^th	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0.693	104	38
67^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0.693	99	32
68^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0.689	86	18
69^th	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0.689	221	152
70^th	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0.684	193	123
71^st	Hebron	1	0	0	1	0.667	58	13
72^nd	Kittery	0	1	1	1	0.663	32	40
73^rd	Acton	1	0	0	1	0.662	140	67
74^th	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0.654	168	94
75^th	Farmingdale	0	0	1	0	0.646	115	40
76^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	1	0.645	44	32
77^th	Jonesboro	1	0	0	0	0.64		(n/a)
78^th	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0.634	42	36
79^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0.61	95	16
80^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0.605	73	7
81^st	Bethel	1	1	1	1	0.598	71	10
82^nd	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0.596	80	2
83^rd	Etna	1	0	0	0	0.592	119	36
84^th	Turner	2	1	1	1	0.592	105	21
85^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0.588	45	40
86^th	Hermon	1	1	1	1	0.586	54	32
87^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0.583		(n/a)
88^th	Bath	2	1	1	1	0.58	118	30
89^th	Owls Head	1	0	0	0	0.579	93	4
90^th	Windham	2	1	1	1	0.577	116	26
91^st	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0.575	65	26
92^nd	Lebanon	2	0	0	0	0.574	48	44
93^rd	Perry	1	0	0	0	0.57		(n/a)
94^th	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0.566	62	32
95^th	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0.565	113	18
96^th	Minot	1	0	0	0	0.561	43	53
97^th	Holden	1	1	0	0	0.561	34	63
98^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	2	0.557	27	71
99^th	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0.553	69	30
99^th	Sebago	2	0	0	0	0.553	107	8
101^st	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0.552	102	1
102^nd	Milford	1	0	0	0	0.548	183	81
103^rd	Winslow	1	1	1	1	0.547	111	8
104^th	South Berwick	2	0	1	1	0.544	72	32
105^th	Harpswell	1	1	0	0	0.543	124	19
106^th	Caribou	1	0	1	0	0.543	176	70
107^th	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0.539	24	83
108^th	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0.535	67	41
109^th	Bangor	7	2	1	6	0.53	37	72
110^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0.526	79	31
111^th	Monmouth	1	0	1	0	0.521	169	58
112^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0.511	144	32
113^th	Fayette	1	0	0	0	0.504		(n/a)
114^th	Presque Isle	2	1	1	1	0.491	129	15
115^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0.491	147	32
116^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	1	0.486	126	10
117^th	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0.483	84	33
118^th	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	0.478	206	88
119^th	Houlton	2	1	1	2	0.476	101	18
120^th	Richmond	1	1	1	0	0.473	151	31
121^st	Waldoboro	1	1	1	1	0.465	164	43
122^nd	West Gardiner	1	0	0	1	0.461	159	37
123^rd	Raymond	1	1	0	1	0.457	51	72
124^th	South Portland	5	2	2	4	0.455	81	43
125^th	Benton	1	0	0	0	0.452	149	24
126^th	Limington	1	0	0	0	0.443	98	28
127^th	Bridgton	1	0	0	1	0.439	137	10
128^th	Bucksport	2	1	1	2	0.435	121	7
129^th	Hollis Center	1	0	0	0	0.434	156	27
130^th	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0.432	97	33
131^st	Strong	1	0	0	0	0.425	88	43
132^nd	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0.418	180	48
133^rd	Wales	0	0	1	0	0.415	153	20
134^th	Norridgewock	1	0	0	1	0.412	195	61
135^th	Alton	1	0	0	0	0.408		(n/a)
136^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	1	0.407	199	63
137^th	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	1	0.406	143	6
138^th	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0.399	217	79
139^th	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0.395	94	45
140^th	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0.39	209	69
141^st	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0.382	110	31
142^nd	Woolwich	1	0	0	1	0.377	85	57
143^rd	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0.368	194	51
144^th	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0.365	136	8
145^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0.364	87	58
146^th	Poland	1	1	1	1	0.364	66	80
147^th	Old Town	1	1	1	1	0.349	160	13
148^th	Fort Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0.344	83	65
149^th	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0.342	120	29
150^th	Sanford	2	1	1	2	0.342	139	11
151^st	Newport	1	1	1	0	0.34	213	62
152^nd	Machias	1	0	1	0	0.338	141	11
153^rd	Swanville	2	0	0	0	0.329	47	106
154^th	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0.329	92	62
155^th	Fryeburg	1	0	0	2	0.325	226	71
156^th	Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0.318	133	23
157^th	Salem Twp	0	0	1	0	0.317	219	62
158^th	Buxton	1	1	0	2	0.316	188	30
159^th	Berwick	2	1	0	1	0.314	70	89
160^th	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0.311	229	69
161^st	Hiram	1	1	1	0	0.311	134	27
162^nd	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0.307	128	34
163^rd	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0.303	125	38
164^th	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0.294	131	33
165^th	Auburn	6	1	1	7	0.291	175	10
166^th	Sedgwick	1	0	0	0	0.289		(n/a)
167^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0.282	106	61
168^th	Norway	2	1	1	0	0.281	207	39
169^th	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0.276	112	57
170^th	Portland	8	3	4	6	0.272	117	53
171^st	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0.259	216	45
172^nd	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0.254	201	29
173^rd	Waterville	2	1	1	2	0.254	148	25
174^th	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0.247	204	30
175^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0.246	57	118
176^th	Jay	1	1	1	0	0.242	203	27
177^th	Warren	1	0	0	0	0.232	205	28
178^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	1	0.228	211	33
179^th	Rockland	1	0	1	1	0.223	179
180^th	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0.219	152	28
181^st	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0.218	210	29
182^nd	Westbrook	3	1	1	1	0.216	187	5
183^rd	Augusta	4	1	2	1	0.213	158	25
184^th	Harrison	1	0	0	1	0.211	170	14
185^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0.206	222	37
186^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0.193	165	21
187^th	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0.193	186	1
188^th	Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0.18	149	39
189^th	Brooksville	1	0	0	0	0.162		(n/a)
190^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	1	0.162	189	1
191^st	Levant	1	0	0	0	0.154	46	145
192^nd	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0.148	138	54
193^rd	Peru	2	0	0	1	0.145	212	19
194^th	Lewiston	6	1	1	4	0.131	225	31
195^th	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0.122	200	5
196^th	Naples	1	1	1	0	0.116	182	14
197^th	Pittsfield	2	1	1	1	0.114	184	13
198^th	Rumford	1	0	1	1	0.105	218	20
199^th	Hartland	1	0	0	1	0.101	232	33
200^th	Steuben	1	0	0	0	0.096		(n/a)
201^st	West Paris	1	0	0	0	0.083	103	98
202^nd	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0.079	91	111
203^rd	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0.075	173	30
204^th	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0.073	132	72
205^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0.065	220	15
206^th	Saint Agatha	0	0	1	0	0.037	235	29
207^th	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0.035	223	16
208^th	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0.011	190	18
209^th	Milo	1	0	1	0	0	233	24

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Maine Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on April 13, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Maine Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Maine Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maine Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.