Maine City Rankings

Updated Monday, November 12, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 233)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Falmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.992	2	1
2^nd	Yarmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.978	4	2
3^rd	Arundel	1	0	0	0	0	0.976	1	2
4^th	Cape Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	1	0.971	5	1
5^th	Cumberland	2	1	1	0	1	0.97	3	2
6^th	Kennebunkport	1	0	0	0	0	0.957	8	2
7^th	Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.949	10	3
8^th	Scarborough	4	1	1	0	1	0.945	9	1
9^th	York	2	1	1	0	1	0.943	12	3
10^th	Kennebunk	2	1	1	0	2	0.937	7	3
11^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	0	1	0.933	36	25
12^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.925	13	1
13^th	South Berwick	2	0	1	0	1	0.925	26	13
14^th	Freeport	2	1	1	0	3	0.918	23	9
15^th	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0	0.913	24	9
16^th	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0	0.909	45	29
17^th	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0	0.906	31	14
18^th	Orono	1	1	1	0	0	0.903	19	1
19^th	Minot	1	0	0	0	0	0.902	20	1
20^th	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0	0.89	106	86
21^st	Bangor	7	2	1	0	6	0.889	28	7
22^nd	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0	0.888	25	3
23^rd	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.886	85	62
24^th	Rockport	1	0	1	0	1	0.879	49	25
25^th	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.879	14	11
26^th	Eliot	1	1	0	0	1	0.871	30	4
27^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0	0.867	29	2
28^th	Phippsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.866	113	85
29^th	Frenchville	1	0	0	0	0	0.862		(n/a)
30^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0	0.862	89	59
31^st	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0	0.858	80	49
32^nd	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.85	16	16
33^rd	Camden	0	1	0	0	3	0.847	41	8
34^th	Lovell	1	0	0	0	0	0.835	126	92
35^th	Wells	1	1	1	0	0	0.833	33	2
36^th	Nobleboro	1	0	0	0	1	0.827	50	14
37^th	Georgetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.823	15	22
38^th	Dresden	1	0	0	0	0	0.811		(n/a)
39^th	Levant	1	0	0	0	0	0.807	46	7
40^th	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.803	67	27
41^st	Brunswick	2	1	1	0	2	0.802	44	3
42^nd	Addison	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	64	22
43^rd	Owls Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	101	58
44^th	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.787	22	22
45^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	0	2	0.78	57	12
46^th	Limestone	1	0	1	0	0	0.776		(n/a)
47^th	Northport	2	0	0	0	0	0.772	69	22
48^th	Kittery	1	0	1	0	0	0.771	58	10
49^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0	0.768	47	2
50^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0	0.765	21	29
51^st	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.764	65	14
52^nd	Hermon	1	1	1	0	1	0.763	62	10
53^rd	Holden	1	1	0	0	0	0.761	37	16
54^th	Bryant Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.76	6	48
55^th	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0.756	51	4
56^th	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.75	61	5
57^th	West Bath	2	0	0	0	0	0.748	42	15
58^th	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0	0.744	136	78
59^th	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	39	20
60^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	110	50
61^st	Raymond	1	1	0	0	1	0.735	70	9
62^nd	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.724	53	9
63^rd	Sidney	1	0	1	0	1	0.715	40	23
64^th	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.713	94	30
65^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.709	17	48
66^th	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0	0.706	55	11
67^th	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0	0.705	71	4
68^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.701	18	50
69^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.689	127	58
70^th	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.685	77	7
71^st	Salem Twp	0	0	1	0	0	0.684	207	136
72^nd	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0	0.681	27	45
73^rd	Harpswell	1	0	0	1	0	0.677	151	78
74^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0	0.661	76	2
75^th	Woolwich	1	0	0	0	1	0.657	38	37
76^th	Berwick	1	1	0	0	1	0.656	34	42
77^th	Gray	2	1	1	0	0	0.653	75	2
78^th	Brewer	1	0	1	0	1	0.651	86	8
79^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	87	8
80^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0	0.641	142	62
81^st	Poland	1	1	1	0	1	0.64	82	1
82^nd	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.634	66	16
83^rd	Blue Hill	1	0	0	0	2	0.63	72	11
84^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	74	10
85^th	Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0	0.618	43	42
86^th	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0	0.617	35	51
87^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	0	1	0.613	109	22
88^th	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.61	108	20
89^th	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0	0.6	117	28
90^th	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	59	31
91^st	Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0.594	146	55
92^nd	Dayton	2	0	0	0	0	0.587	11	81
93^rd	Strong	1	0	0	0	0	0.583	48	45
94^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.579		(n/a)
95^th	Bingham	2	0	1	0	0	0.562		(n/a)
96^th	South Portland	5	2	3	0	2	0.556	100	4
97^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	195	98
98^th	Houlton	2	1	1	0	2	0.554	124	26
99^th	Cushing	1	0	0	0	0	0.551	97	2
100^th	Solon	1	0	0	0	0	0.539	68	32
101^st	Limington	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	143	42
102^nd	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.531	60	42
103^rd	Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0.52	98	5
104^th	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	93	11
105^th	Millinocket	1	0	0	1	0	0.503	183	78
106^th	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	83	23
107^th	Portland	8	3	4	0	7	0.497	114	7
108^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	1	0.496	96	12
109^th	Bath	2	1	1	0	1	0.493	107	2
110^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0.488	84	26
111^th	China Village	1	1	0	0	0	0.487	121	10
112^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0	0.484		(n/a)
113^th	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.479	90	23
114^th	Windham	2	1	1	0	1	0.478	79	35
115^th	Presque Isle	2	1	1	0	2	0.478	137	22
116^th	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0	0.477	105	11
117^th	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	104	13
118^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.472		(n/a)
119^th	Waldoboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.471	209	90
120^th	Caribou	2	0	1	0	0	0.461		(n/a)
121^st	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.461	56	65
122^nd	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.458	112	10
123^rd	Rockland	1	0	1	0	1	0.457	152	29
124^th	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	95	29
125^th	Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0.453	166	41
126^th	Waterville	2	1	1	0	2	0.449	103	23
127^th	Fort Fairfield	1	0	0	1	0	0.448	78	49
128^th	Jonesport	1	0	1	0	0	0.447	179	51
129^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	54	75
130^th	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	52	78
131^st	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	1	0.425	159	28
132^nd	Turner	2	1	1	0	1	0.425	92	40
133^rd	Searsport	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	161	28
134^th	Winslow	1	1	1	0	1	0.424	145	11
135^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.422	130	5
136^th	Machias	1	0	1	0	0	0.419	116	20
137^th	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.418	189	52
138^th	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0	0.418	102	36
139^th	Bethel	1	1	1	0	0	0.415	123	16
140^th	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0	0.413	205	65
141^st	Old Orchard Beach	2	0	1	0	0	0.411	154	13
142^nd	Liberty	1	0	0	0	1	0.409	192	50
143^rd	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0	0.406	177	34
144^th	Clinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.402	164	20
145^th	Bridgton	1	0	0	0	1	0.394	131	14
146^th	Lee	0	1	0	0	1	0.388	81	65
147^th	Sanford	3	1	1	0	1	0.384	185	38
148^th	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.382	147	1
149^th	Winn	1	0	0	0	0	0.378	73	76
150^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.374	115	35
151^st	West Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	178	27
152^nd	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0	0.369	196	44
153^rd	Westbrook	3	1	1	0	1	0.367	184	31
154^th	Calais	1	0	1	0	0	0.367	187	33
155^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0	0.365	128	27
156^th	Monmouth	2	0	1	0	0	0.361	141	15
157^th	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	91	66
158^th	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0	0.351		(n/a)
159^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.35	118	41
160^th	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0	0.349	144	16
161^st	Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0	0.347	169	8
162^nd	Old Town	1	1	1	0	1	0.338	88	74
163^rd	Naples	1	1	1	0	0	0.335	125	38
164^th	Standish	2	0	1	0	0	0.335	135	29
165^th	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0	0.327	182	17
166^th	Hollis Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	193	27
167^th	Dixfield	0	2	2	0	1	0.322	216	49
168^th	Buxton	1	1	0	0	1	0.316	173	5
169^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0	0.315	190	21
170^th	Bass Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.311	99	71
171^st	Lincoln	2	0	1	0	1	0.31	132	39
172^nd	Richmond	1	1	1	0	0	0.31	218	46
173^rd	Wales	0	0	1	0	0	0.307	175	2
174^th	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0	0.306	174
175^th	Augusta	4	0	2	0	1	0.303	172	3
176^th	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0	0.298	163	13
177^th	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0	0.291	139	38
178^th	Greenbush	1	0	0	0	0	0.287	171	7
179^th	Skowhegan	4	1	1	1	0	0.285	160	19
180^th	Etna	1	0	0	0	0	0.283	153	27
181^st	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	133	48
182^nd	Hiram	2	0	1	0	0	0.279	150	32
183^rd	Auburn	6	1	1	0	0	0.277	188	5
184^th	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.277	148	36
185^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.276	194	9
186^th	Medway	0	1	0	0	0	0.271	170	16
187^th	Norridgewock	1	0	0	0	1	0.268	134	53
188^th	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0	0.268	167	21
189^th	East Machias	1	0	0	0	1	0.26	206	17
190^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	0	1	0.259	200	10
191^st	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.257	129	62
192^nd	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	0	0.257	211	19
193^rd	Sebago	1	0	0	0	0	0.256	156	37
194^th	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0	0.252	162	32
195^th	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0.244	158	37
196^th	Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	215	19
197^th	Acton	1	0	0	0	1	0.232	176	21
198^th	Pittsfield	2	1	1	0	1	0.232	220	22
199^th	Bucksport	2	1	1	0	2	0.211	198	1
200^th	Newport	1	1	1	0	0	0.21	191	9
201^st	West Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.209	120	81
202^nd	Stacyville	1	0	1	0	0	0.206	138	64
203^rd	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.205	168	35
204^th	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0	0.193	119	85
205^th	Peru	2	0	0	0	0	0.185	223	18
206^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.181	111	95
207^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	0	1	0.173	155	52
208^th	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0	0.161	221	13
209^th	East Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.158	180	29
210^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.15	208	2
211^th	Jay	1	1	1	0	0	0.139	165	46
212^th	Fryeburg	1	0	0	0	1	0.134		(n/a)
213^th	Norway	2	1	1	0	1	0.133	219	6
214^th	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0	0.131	181	33
215^th	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0	0.13	203	12
216^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	0	0.121	149	67
217^th	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0	0.11		(n/a)
218^th	Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.102	202	16
219^th	Rumford	1	0	1	0	0	0.1	204	15
220^th	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0	0.091	201	19
221^st	Cornville	1	0	0	0	1	0.091	199	22
222^nd	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0	0.075	157	65
223^rd	Corinna	1	0	0	0	0	0.075	186	37
224^th	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.067	217	7
225^th	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.063	210	15
226^th	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0	0.059	214	12
227^th	Saint Agatha	0	0	1	0	0	0.053		(n/a)
228^th	Lewiston	7	1	1	0	0	0.049	222	6
229^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0	0.029	225	4
230^th	Hinckley	0	0	1	0	1	0.026	226	4
231^st	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0	0.024	213	18
232^nd	Hartland	1	0	0	0	1	0.02	224	8
233^rd	Eastport	1	0	1	0	0	0.009		(n/a)

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