Best High Schools in Maine for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Maine!

Every year, the Maine Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Maine MEA test scores and updated rankings for the 2018-19 school year were posted to SchoolDigger this week!

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2019)					ID
Rank (of 20)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Orono High School	Public	9-12	14 Goodridge Drive	Orono	04473	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 26	No	No	No	No	(207) 866-4916	329	31	10.6	29.5%	286 (86.9%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.4%)	9 (2.7%)	17 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$22,747							95.0%	80.7%	14.30%			231477800252
2	Baxter Academy for Technical & Sciences	Public, Charter	9-12	185 Lancaster Street	Portland	04101	Cumberland County	Baxter Academy for Technology and Science	Yes	No	No	No	(207) 699-5500	404	33	12.1	17.8%	360 (89.1%)	13 (3.2%)	11 (2.7%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.2%)	$13,103							90.0%	90.4%	0.35%			231481223141
3	Falmouth High School	Public	9-12	74 Woodville Road	Falmouth	04105	Cumberland County	Falmouth Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 781-7429	687	63	10.9	4.2%	636 (92.6%)	4 (0.6%)	7 (1.0%)	38 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$29,067							85.0%	98.2%	13.25%			230567000145
4	Mt Desert Island High School	Public	9-12	1081 Eagle Lake Road	Bar Harbor	04609	Hancock County	Mt Desert Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 288-5011	545	52	10.5	20.6%	498 (91.4%)	7 (1.3%)	14 (2.6%)	17 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$33,356							80.0%	91.2%	11.23%			230850000061
5	Kennebunk High School	Public	9-12	89 Fletcher Street	Kennebunk	04043	York County	Regional School Unit 21	No	No	No	No	(207) 985-1110	718	60	11.9	13.8%	657 (91.5%)	10 (1.4%)	15 (2.1%)	19 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.9%)	$27,394							75.0%	93.9%	18.86%			231477300799
6	Gray-New Gloucester High School	Public	9-12	10 Libby Hill Road	Gray	04039	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15	No	No	No	No	(207) 657-3323	616	46	13.3	21.1%	580 (94.2%)	4 (0.6%)	11 (1.8%)	10 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$20,305							70.0%	69.3%	0.70%			231071000346
7	Hampden Academy	Public	9-12	89 Western Avenue	Hampden	04444	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 22	No	No	No	No	(207) 862-3791	795	53	15	24.0%	720 (90.6%)	10 (1.3%)	22 (2.8%)	9 (1.1%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.6%)	$19,343							65.0%	79.8%	14.82%			231481500387
8	Mountain Valley High School	Public	9-12	799 Hancock Street	Rumford	04276	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 10	No	No	No	No	(207) 364-4547	404	29	13.7	79.5%	387 (95.8%)	4 (1.0%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$20,209							60.0%	14.0%	45.96%			231479500303
9	Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	Public, Charter	9-12	13 Easler Road	Hinckley	04944	Somerset County	Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	Yes	No	No	Yes	(207) 238-4100	196	13	15.5	68.9%	189 (96.4%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$16,066							55.0%	4.4%	50.61%			231480823134
10	Messalonskee High School	Public	9-12	131 Messalonskee High Drive	Oakland	04963	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 18	No	No	No	No	(207) 465-7381	723	52	13.7	29.2%	683 (94.5%)	5 (0.7%)	11 (1.5%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.8%)	$17,165							50.0%	73.7%	23.68%			231477900705

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MEA English Language Arts, MEA Mathematics, MEA Science test scores released by the Maine Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on January 22, 2025, 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.

Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds