Best Cities in Maine for Schools

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Rank (of 270)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
1^st	Cape Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	1	0.984	11	10
2^nd	Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	0.979		(n/a)
3^rd	Lincolnville	1	0	0	0	0	0.976	2	1
4^th	Castine	1	0	0	0	0	0.969		(n/a)
5^th	Monroe	1	0	0	0	0	0.966		(n/a)
6^th	Northeast Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.959		(n/a)
7^th	Yarmouth	2	1	1	0	1	0.958	43	36
8^th	Cumberland	2	1	1	0	0	0.955	10	2
9^th	Northport	2	0	0	0	0	0.955	1	8
10^th	Falmouth	2	1	1	1	1	0.955	13	3
11^th	Bar Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.954	6	5
12^th	Nobleboro	1	0	0	0	2	0.941	27	15
13^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.938		(n/a)
14^th	Pembroke	1	0	0	0	0	0.934		(n/a)
15^th	West Bath	2	0	0	0	1	0.931		(n/a)
16^th	Penobscot	1	0	0	0	0	0.928		(n/a)
17^th	South Bristol	1	0	0	0	0	0.924		(n/a)
18^th	Pemaquid	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	4	14
19^th	York	2	1	1	0	1	0.913	16	3
20^th	Rockport	1	0	1	0	2	0.912	19	1
21^st	Friendship	1	0	0	0	0	0.9		(n/a)
22^nd	Kennebunk	2	1	1	0	2	0.895	39	17
23^rd	Hampden	2	1	1	0	0	0.891	22	1
24^th	Freeport	2	1	1	0	2	0.888	8	16
25^th	Georgetown	1	0	0	0	0	0.886		(n/a)
26^th	Scarborough	4	1	2	0	1	0.885	25	1
27^th	Searsmont	2	0	0	0	0	0.883	30	3
28^th	Dedham	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	3	25
29^th	Camden	0	1	0	0	3	0.875	18	11
30^th	Phippsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.872	137	107
31^st	Eliot	1	1	0	0	1	0.87	48	17
32^nd	Sidney	1	0	0	0	1	0.859	28	4
33^rd	Kennebunkport	1	0	0	0	0	0.855	68	35
34^th	Southwest Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.852	33	1
35^th	Orono	1	1	1	0	0	0.849	54	19
36^th	Mapleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.848		(n/a)
37^th	Edmunds Twp	1	0	0	0	0	0.841	61	24
38^th	Bowdoinham	1	0	0	0	0	0.838	17	21
39^th	Arundel	1	0	0	0	1	0.834	23	16
40^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0.831		(n/a)
41^st	Holden	1	1	0	0	0	0.83	37	4
42^nd	Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	5	37
43^rd	Bryant Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.824		(n/a)
44^th	Wells	1	1	1	0	0	0.822	44
45^th	New Gloucester	2	0	0	0	3	0.817	46	1
46^th	Lamoine	2	0	0	0	0	0.81		(n/a)
47^th	Brooklin	1	0	0	0	0	0.803		(n/a)
48^th	Belgrade	1	0	0	0	1	0.8	15	33
49^th	Solon	1	0	0	0	0	0.793		(n/a)
50^th	Damariscotta	1	0	0	0	0	0.786	26	24
51^st	Pownal	1	0	0	0	0	0.783		(n/a)
52^nd	Appleton	1	0	0	0	0	0.779	24	28
53^rd	Mount Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.772		(n/a)
54^th	Swans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.769		(n/a)
55^th	Bangor	7	2	1	0	6	0.765	103	48
56^th	Farmingdale	0	0	1	0	0	0.764	88	32
57^th	Brunswick	2	1	1	0	2	0.764	60	3
58^th	Limington	1	0	0	0	0	0.762	96	38
59^th	Gorham	3	1	1	0	0	0.761	34	25
60^th	Beals	1	0	0	0	0	0.759		(n/a)
61^st	Alton	1	0	0	0	0	0.755		(n/a)
62^nd	Oakland	2	1	1	0	0	0.753	52	10
63^rd	Peaks Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.741		(n/a)
64^th	Hinckley	0	0	1	0	1	0.74	155	91
65^th	Bowdoin	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	29	36
66^th	Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0.734		(n/a)
67^th	Topsham	2	1	1	0	0	0.729	79	12
68^th	Lyman	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	20	48
69^th	Hermon	1	1	1	0	1	0.726	128	59
70^th	South Berwick	2	0	1	0	1	0.725	69	1
71^st	Raymond	1	1	0	0	1	0.725	95	24
72^nd	Canaan	1	0	0	0	0	0.724	36	36
73^rd	Lebanon	2	0	0	0	0	0.721	31	42
74^th	Glenburn	1	0	0	0	0	0.717	49	25
75^th	Fort Fairfield	1	0	1	0	0	0.714	134	59
76^th	Strong	0	1	0	0	0	0.708		(n/a)
77^th	Easton	1	0	1	0	0	0.707	92	15
78^th	Perry	2	0	0	0	0	0.697		(n/a)
79^th	Hodgdon	1	0	1	0	0	0.695	41	38
80^th	Veazie	1	0	0	0	0	0.693		(n/a)
81^st	West Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	129	48
82^nd	Woolwich	1	0	0	0	1	0.686	106	24
83^rd	Blue Hill	1	0	0	0	3	0.679	74	9
84^th	Owls Head	1	0	0	0	0	0.676	35	49
85^th	Fort Kent	1	1	1	0	0	0.67	81	4
86^th	Windsor	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	21	65
87^th	Charlotte	1	0	0	0	0	0.666		(n/a)
88^th	Whitefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.662	59	29
89^th	Woodland	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	58	31
90^th	Etna	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	9	81
91^st	Wayne	1	0	0	0	0	0.638		(n/a)
92^nd	Levant	1	0	0	0	0	0.634	145	53
93^rd	Kittery	0	1	1	0	1	0.624	110	17
94^th	Winthrop	1	1	1	0	0	0.623	55	39
95^th	Gray	2	1	1	0	1	0.623	94	1
96^th	Bethel	1	1	1	0	1	0.619	57	39
97^th	Monmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0.611	62	35
98^th	Kittery Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.61		(n/a)
99^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0	0.607		(n/a)
100^th	Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	53	47
101^st	Presque Isle	2	1	1	0	1	0.603	86	15
102^nd	Manchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.6		(n/a)
103^rd	Hope	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	14	89
104^th	Alfred	1	0	0	0	0	0.593	47	57
105^th	Winterport	1	1	0	0	0	0.587	117	12
106^th	Winslow	1	1	1	0	1	0.58	133	27
107^th	Acton	1	0	0	0	1	0.579	40	67
108^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.576	108
109^th	Andover	2	0	0	0	0	0.572		(n/a)
110^th	East Waterboro	1	1	0	0	0	0.566	73	37
111^th	Bridgton	1	0	0	0	1	0.566	6	105
112^th	Thomaston	1	2	0	0	0	0.562	76	36
113^th	Otisfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.562		(n/a)
114^th	Edgecomb	1	0	0	0	3	0.559	127	13
115^th	Dayton	2	0	0	0	0	0.555		(n/a)
116^th	Minot	1	0	0	0	0	0.552	38	78
117^th	Madawaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.543	63	54
118^th	Casco	1	0	0	0	0	0.541		(n/a)
119^th	Harpswell	1	1	1	0	0	0.537	78	41
120^th	Tenants Harbor	2	0	0	0	0	0.534	121	1
121^st	North Berwick	1	0	1	0	0	0.532	102	19
122^nd	Readfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.53	107	15
123^rd	Windham	2	1	1	0	1	0.527	75	48
124^th	East Machias	1	0	0	0	1	0.524		(n/a)
125^th	Poland	1	1	1	0	1	0.523	120	5
126^th	Salem Twp	0	0	1	0	0	0.52		(n/a)
127^th	Waldoboro	1	1	1	0	1	0.516	146	19
128^th	Turner	2	1	1	0	1	0.515	90	38
129^th	South Portland	5	2	2	0	4	0.513	131	2
130^th	Fayette	1	0	0	0	0	0.51		(n/a)
131^st	Bucksport	2	1	1	0	2	0.51	104	27
132^nd	Orrington	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	66	66
133^rd	Brooksville	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	80	53
134^th	Lisbon Falls	0	1	1	0	1	0.503	45	89
135^th	Brewer	1	0	1	0	0	0.501	105	30
136^th	Pittston	1	0	0	0	0	0.5		(n/a)
137^th	East Millinocket	1	0	1	0	0	0.497		(n/a)
138^th	Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	158	20
139^th	China Village	1	1	0	0	0	0.49	64	75
140^th	Unity	1	0	1	0	0	0.488		(n/a)
141^st	Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0.486		(n/a)
142^nd	Cushing	1	0	0	0	0	0.483		(n/a)
143^rd	Boothbay Harbor	1	0	1	0	0	0.472	70	73
144^th	Saint Agatha	1	0	1	0	0	0.467	77	67
145^th	New Sharon	1	0	0	0	0	0.466	83	62
146^th	Palermo	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	111	35
147^th	Cherryfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.459	97	50
148^th	Hiram	1	1	1	0	0	0.458	122	26
149^th	Gardiner	1	1	1	0	0	0.456	85	64
150^th	Shapleigh	1	0	0	0	0	0.455		(n/a)
151^st	Steuben	1	0	0	0	0	0.452		(n/a)
152^nd	Hallowell	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	72	80
153^rd	Bath	2	1	1	0	1	0.445	130	23
154^th	Mars Hill	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	148	6
155^th	Cutler	1	0	0	0	0	0.441		(n/a)
156^th	Brownville	1	0	0	0	0	0.438	119	37
157^th	Whiting	1	0	0	0	0	0.431		(n/a)
158^th	Trenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.428	42	116
159^th	Millinocket	1	0	1	0	1	0.427	89	70
160^th	Milbridge	1	0	0	0	0	0.424		(n/a)
161^st	Portland	8	3	4	0	8	0.418	142	19
162^nd	Houlton	2	1	1	0	2	0.418	113	49
163^rd	Anson	1	0	0	0	0	0.417		(n/a)
164^th	Pittsfield	2	1	0	0	1	0.417	165	1
165^th	Lee	0	1	0	0	1	0.406		(n/a)
166^th	Standish	2	0	1	0	1	0.405	101	65
167^th	Kingfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.4		(n/a)
168^th	Carmel	1	1	0	0	0	0.4	67	101
169^th	Dover Foxcroft	1	1	0	0	1	0.399	109	60
170^th	South Gardiner	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	126	44
171^st	West Gardiner	1	0	0	0	1	0.393	114	57
172^nd	Otis	1	0	0	0	0	0.39		(n/a)
173^rd	Sumner	1	0	0	0	0	0.386	132	41
174^th	Jonesport	1	0	1	0	0	0.386		(n/a)
175^th	Dexter	1	0	1	0	0	0.382	159	16
176^th	Waterville	2	1	1	0	3	0.381	157	19
177^th	Old Orchard Beach	1	1	1	0	0	0.378		(n/a)
178^th	Winn	1	0	0	0	0	0.376		(n/a)
179^th	West Newfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	138	41
180^th	Princeton	2	0	0	0	0	0.362	116	64
181^st	Berwick	2	1	0	0	1	0.355	118	63
182^nd	Springvale	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	164	18
183^rd	Stratton	1	0	0	0	0	0.348	134	49
184^th	Fryeburg	1	0	0	0	2	0.345	154	30
185^th	Auburn	6	1	1	0	7	0.343	139	46
186^th	Guilford	1	0	1	0	0	0.339	71	115
187^th	Calais	1	0	1	0	0	0.338	32	155
188^th	Sanford	2	1	1	0	3	0.335	143	45
189^th	Clinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.334	151	38
190^th	Augusta	4	1	3	0	2	0.334	149	41
191^st	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	1	0.328	167	24
192^nd	Rockland	1	0	1	0	1	0.325	82	110
193^rd	Sullivan	1	1	1	0	0	0.325		(n/a)
194^th	Skowhegan	4	1	2	0	0	0.325	100	94
195^th	Lovell	1	0	0	0	0	0.324		(n/a)
196^th	Richmond	1	1	1	0	0	0.323	87	109
197^th	Hebron	1	0	0	0	1	0.321	12	185
198^th	Stacyville	2	0	2	0	0	0.319		(n/a)
199^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.314		(n/a)
200^th	Van Buren	1	0	1	0	0	0.313	56	144
201^st	Connor Twp	1	0	0	0	0	0.307		(n/a)
202^nd	Naples	1	1	1	0	0	0.296	179	23
203^rd	Washburn	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	187	16
204^th	Sedgwick	1	0	0	0	0	0.286		(n/a)
205^th	Old Town	1	1	1	0	1	0.28	99	106
206^th	Hollis Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	91	115
207^th	Newport	1	1	1	0	0	0.274	136	71
208^th	Biddeford	3	1	1	0	1	0.274	140	68
209^th	Buxton	1	1	0	0	2	0.27	144	65
210^th	Wilton	2	0	0	0	0	0.269	65	145
211^th	Norridgewock	1	0	0	0	1	0.266	161	50
212^th	Howland	0	1	1	0	0	0.265	51	161
213^th	Farmington	2	1	1	0	0	0.264	147	66
214^th	Vassalboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	173	41
215^th	Harrington	1	0	1	0	0	0.244	124	91
216^th	Lisbon	1	0	0	0	1	0.241	174	42
217^th	Dresden	1	0	0	0	0	0.234		(n/a)
218^th	Jay	1	1	1	0	0	0.234	115	103
219^th	Chelsea	1	0	0	0	1	0.231	98	121
220^th	Corinth	1	1	1	0	0	0.229	125	95
221^st	Machias	1	0	1	0	0	0.227	112	109
222^nd	Caribou	1	0	1	0	0	0.225	123	99
223^rd	West Paris	1	0	0	0	0	0.224	178	45
224^th	Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0.217	152	72
225^th	Lubec	1	0	0	0	0	0.203		(n/a)
226^th	Deer Isle	1	0	1	0	0	0.203	160	66
227^th	Fairfield	1	1	1	0	1	0.198	141	86
228^th	North Anson	1	0	1	0	0	0.196	176	52
229^th	Bass Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.19		(n/a)
230^th	Westbrook	3	1	1	0	1	0.189	168	62
231^st	Rumford	1	0	1	0	1	0.188	84	147
232^nd	Waterboro	0	0	1	0	0	0.187	186	46
233^rd	Prospect Harbor	1	0	0	0	0	0.183		(n/a)
234^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	1	0.169		(n/a)
235^th	Eastport	1	0	1	0	0	0.169		(n/a)
236^th	Litchfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.166	177	59
237^th	Addison	1	0	0	0	0	0.159		(n/a)
238^th	Baileyville	1	0	1	0	0	0.156		(n/a)
239^th	Searsport	1	1	2	0	0	0.155	162	77
240^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	0	0.154		(n/a)
241^st	Hancock	2	0	0	0	0	0.152	153	88
242^nd	Harrison	1	0	0	0	1	0.148		(n/a)
243^rd	Leeds	1	0	0	0	0	0.145	170	73
244^th	Harmony	1	0	0	0	0	0.141		(n/a)
245^th	Bingham	1	0	1	0	0	0.133	188	57
246^th	Hartland	1	0	0	0	1	0.131	185	61
247^th	Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.124	166	81
248^th	Norway	2	1	1	0	0	0.123	183	65
249^th	Wales	0	0	1	0	0	0.122	93	156
250^th	Eastbrook	1	0	0	0	0	0.121		(n/a)
251^st	Peru	2	0	0	0	1	0.117	175	76
252^nd	Sabattus	1	1	0	0	0	0.115	171	81
253^rd	Oxford	1	0	0	0	0	0.11	181	72
254^th	Mexico	1	1	0	0	0	0.103	182	72
255^th	Swanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.103	150	105
256^th	Lewiston	6	1	1	0	4	0.094	172	84
257^th	Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	50	207
258^th	Buckfield	0	0	1	0	0	0.089	169	89
259^th	Dixfield	0	2	2	0	1	0.086		(n/a)
260^th	Bradley	1	0	0	0	0	0.083		(n/a)
261^st	Greenbush	1	0	0	0	0	0.062		(n/a)
262^nd	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.059		(n/a)
263^rd	Cornville	1	0	0	0	1	0.045		(n/a)
264^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.041		(n/a)
265^th	Thorndike	1	1	1	0	0	0.037	180	85
266^th	Mechanic Falls	1	0	0	0	0	0.031	163	103
267^th	Milo	1	0	1	0	0	0.024	189	78
268^th	Medway	0	1	0	0	0	0.021	184	84
269^th	Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	0.014		(n/a)
270^th	Machiasport	1	0	0	0	0	0.01		(n/a)

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