Best Middle Schools in Maine

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 96)	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	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
231477900694	21	Messalonskee Middle School	Public	6-8	33 School Bus Drive	Oakland	04963	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 18	No	No	No	No	(207) 465-2167	452	40	11.3	32.5%	424 (93.8%)	5 (1.1%)	10 (2.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$17,419							64.4	63.9	33	12
231477500438	22	Bruce M Whittier Middle School	Public	7-8	1457 Maine Street	Poland	04274	Androscoggin County	Regional School Unit 16	No	No	No	No	(207) 998-3462	281	23	12	36.3%	260 (92.5%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (2.8%)	$15,418							64	61.8	35	13
231086000372	23	Presque Isle Middle School	Public	6-8	569 Skyway St	Presque Isle	04769	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 79/Maine School Admin District 01	No	No	No	No	(207) 764-4474	367	28	13.2	37.1%	315 (85.8%)	6 (1.6%)	14 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.3%)	$15,781							63.9	72.2	20	3
231479300631	24	Manchester School	Public	4-5	709 Roosevelt Trail	Windham	04062	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 14	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 892-1830	383	28	13.5	25.1%	333 (86.9%)	8 (2.1%)	14 (3.7%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	$16,385							63.9	60.1	38	14
230282000050	25	Fairmount School	Public	4-5	58 Thirteenth Street	Bangor	04401	Penobscot County	Bangor Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 941-6260	231	23	10.1	64.5%	192 (83.1%)	3 (1.3%)	13 (5.6%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.2%)	$20,464							63.6	52.7	48	23
230753000204	26	Philip W Sugg Middle School	Public	6-8	4 Sugg Drive	Lisbon Falls	04252	Androscoggin County	Lisbon Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 353-3055	290	21	13.8	38.6%	268 (92.4%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	$15,582							63	64.5	32	6
231233000574	27	Daniel F. Mahoney Middle School	Public	5-8	240 Ocean St.	South Portland	04106	Cumberland County	South Portland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 799-7386	424	37	11.6	22.9%	295 (69.6%)	69 (16.3%)	22 (5.2%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.5%)	$19,598							60.4	67.9	23	4
231430023201	28	Day Mountain Regional Middle School	Public	5-8	110 N Main Street	Strong	04983	Franklin County	Regional School Unit 58/Maine School Admin District 58	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(207) 684-3521	154	14	11	50.6%	137 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	$23,070							60.3			(n/a)
231479300292	29	Jordan-Small Middle School	Public	5-8	423 Webb's Mills Road	Raymond	04071	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 14	No	No	No	No	(207) 655-4743	174	18	9.7	25.9%	162 (93.1%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	$21,504							58.6	68.9	22	7
230714000182	30	Shapleigh School	Public	4-8	43 Stevenson Road	Kittery	03904	York County	Kittery Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 439-2572	370	40	9.2	24.1%	302 (81.6%)	6 (1.6%)	29 (7.8%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	20 (5.4%)	$21,053							57.6	67.8	24	6

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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 February 16, 2024, 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.
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