Best Middle 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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MEA test scores by the Maine Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, February 16, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 9)	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)
230393000109	1	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	470	44	10.6	5.7%	423 (90.0%)	6 (1.3%)	9 (1.9%)	11 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.3%)	$24,206							88.9%	97.8%	8.94%
231113000412	2	Camden-Rockport Middle School	Public	5-8	34 Knowlton Street	Camden	04843	Knox County	Regional School Unit 28/Maine School Admin District 28	No	No	No	No	(207) 236-7805	387	34	11.3	17.8%	365 (94.3%)	7 (1.8%)	8 (2.1%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	$23,249							77.8%	90.2%	12.44%
231410000031	3	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Public	6-8	220 McCartney Street	Yarmouth	04096	Cumberland County	Yarmouth Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 846-2499	564	45	12.6	7.8%	495 (87.8%)	11 (2.0%)	14 (2.5%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.4%)	$23,658							66.7%	98.9%	32.25%
231413000654	4	York Middle School	Public	5-8	30 Organug Road	York	03909	York County	York Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 363-4214	519	53	9.7	13.5%	481 (92.7%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$25,498							55.6%	91.3%	35.75%
231071001019	5	Gray-New Gloucester Middle School	Public	5-8	31 Libby Hill Road	Gray	04039	Cumberland County	Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15	No	No	No	No	(207) 657-4994	523	45	11.5	32.3%	476 (91.0%)	9 (1.7%)	11 (2.1%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.6%)	$17,306							44.4%	82.6%	38.16%
231476800055	6	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	573	49	11.6	31.4%	532 (92.8%)	2 (0.3%)	11 (1.9%)	7 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	$18,775							33.3%	44.6%	11.23%
231467001058	7	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	657	56	11.6	39.6%	632 (96.2%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	$15,827							22.2%	58.7%	36.47%
230993000278	8	Lyman Moore Middle School	Public	6-8	171 Auburn ST	Portland	04103	Cumberland County	Portland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 874-8150	486	51	9.6	50.0%	263 (54.1%)	147 (30.2%)	20 (4.1%)	17 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.8%)	$22,638							11.1%	20.7%	9.54%
230732000191	9	Lewiston Middle School	Public	7-8	75 Central Avenue	Lewiston	04240	Androscoggin County	Lewiston Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 795-4180	776	64	12.2	63.8%	391 (50.4%)	298 (38.4%)	30 (3.9%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	47 (6.1%)	$18,814							0.0%	0.0%	%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MEA English Language Arts, MEA Mathematics 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education