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)
230651000169	31	Hermon Middle School	Public	5-8	29 Billings Road	Hermon	04401	Penobscot County	Hermon Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 848-4070	329	25	13.2	24.3%	302 (91.8%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.4%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	$13,714							55.9	38.6	63	32
231476800055	32	Mt Ararat Middle School	Public	6-8	66 Republic Avenue	Topsham	04086	Sagadahoc County	Regional School Unit 75/Maine School Admin District 75	No	No	No	No	(207) 729-2950	577			25.3%	527 (91.3%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.8%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.6%)	$18,775							54.9	50.4	53	21
231110023137	33	Valley Rivers Middle School	Public	7-8	84 Pleasant Street	Fort Kent	04743	Aroostook County	Maine School Admin District 27	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 834-5540	101	11	9	20.8%	97 (96.0%)	3 (3.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,062							54.2	40.8	61	28
231397000643	34	Winthrop Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Rambler Road	Winthrop	04364	Kennebec County	Winthrop Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 377-2249	223	16	13.7	33.2%	206 (92.4%)	7 (3.1%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	$18,575							53	82.9	13	21
231477700789	35	Mattanawcook Junior High School	Public	4-8	45 School Street	Lincoln	04457	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 67	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 794-8935	325	30	11	45.2%	311 (95.7%)	6 (1.8%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$17,304							52.3	29.2	72	37
231481500030	36	Samuel L Wagner Middle School	Public	5-8	19 Williams Way	Winterport	04496	Waldo County	Regional School Unit 22	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 223-4309	213	17	12.5	47.4%	199 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	$16,704							51.9	47.4	55	19
230993000275	37	Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	522 Stevens AV	Portland	04103	Cumberland County	Portland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 874-8145	435	44	9.9	40.7%	256 (58.9%)	95 (21.8%)	33 (7.6%)	24 (5.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	$21,182							51.7	42.7	60	23
231467001058	38	Massabesic Middle School	Public	6-8	134 Old Alfred Road	East Waterboro	04030	York County	Regional School Unit 57/Maine School Admin District 57	No	No	No	No	(207) 247-6121	623	55	11.3	31.6%	587 (94.2%)	7 (1.1%)	9 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.4%)	$15,827							51.4	63.4	34	4
231478800540	39	Maranacook Community Middle School	Public	6-8	2100 Millard Harrison Drive	Readfield	04355	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 38	No	No	No	No	(207) 685-3128	303	28	10.8	20.8%	296 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$18,507							51.1	66.6	27	12
230282000051	40	James F. Doughty School	Public	6-8	143 Fifth Street	Bangor	04401	Penobscot County	Bangor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 941-6220	364	31	11.8	63.7%	287 (78.8%)	7 (1.9%)	19 (5.2%)	4 (1.1%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.9%)	$17,607							50.5	35.9	68	28

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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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