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)
231410000031	1	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Public	6-8	220 McCartney Street	Yarmouth	04096	Cumberland County	Yarmouth Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 846-2499	380	36	10.4	8.7%	335 (88.2%)	5 (1.3%)	13 (3.4%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.8%)	$23,658							97.6	93.6	3	2
230393000109	2	Cape Elizabeth Middle School	Public	5-8	14 Scott Dyer Road	Cape Elizabeth	04107	Cumberland County	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 799-8176	434	43	10	5.1%	381 (87.8%)	5 (1.2%)	15 (3.5%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.0%)	$24,206							96.9	94.1	2
230567000914	3	Falmouth Middle School	Public	6-8	52 Woodville Road	Falmouth	04105	Cumberland County	Falmouth Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 781-3740	440	52	8.4	4.1%	403 (91.6%)	7 (1.6%)	6 (1.4%)	20 (4.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$25,970							95.5	96.6	1	2
231424000577	4	Greely Middle School	Public	6-8	351 Tuttle Road	Cumberland	04021	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 51/Maine School Admin District 51	No	No	No	No	(207) 829-4815	475	52	9.1	4.4%	436 (91.8%)	4 (0.8%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.6%)	$24,185							94.4	92.5	4
231481500164	5	Reeds Brook Middle School	Public	6-8	28A Main Road South	Hampden	04444	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 22	No	No	No	No	(207) 862-3540	345	24	14.6	24.1%	316 (91.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	16 (4.6%)	$14,947							94.4	90.8	6	1
231477300800	6	Middle School of the Kennebunks	Public	6-8	60 Thompson Road	Kennebunk	04043	York County	Regional School Unit 21	No	No	No	No	(207) 467-8004	479	46	10.4	11.3%	444 (92.7%)	8 (1.7%)	12 (2.5%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	$24,226							94	92	5	1
231424000682	7	Greely Middle School 4-5	Public	4-5	351 Tuttle Road	Cumberland	04021	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 51/Maine School Admin District 51	No	No	No	No	(207) 829-4815	317	28	11.4	2.8%	288 (90.9%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$19,053							92.5	79.4	14	7
231478900979	8	Freeport Middle School	Public	6-8	19 Kendall Lane	Freeport	04032	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 05	No	No	No	No	(207) 865-6051	307	29	10.6	22.8%	266 (86.6%)	17 (5.5%)	5 (1.6%)	7 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$21,525							92.1	86.3	8
230282000054	9	William S. Cohen School	Public	6-8	304 Garland Street	Bangor	04401	Penobscot County	Bangor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 941-6230	364	30	12	29.9%	305 (83.8%)	12 (3.3%)	18 (4.9%)	10 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	$16,856							88.2	85.8	9
231477800297	10	Orono Middle School	Public	6-8	10 Goodridge Drive	Orono	04473	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 26	No	No	No	No	(207) 866-2350	154	15	10.5	27.3%	136 (88.3%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	4 (2.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.2%)	$20,126							88.2	78.3	16	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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