Best Middle Schools in Maine for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 44)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
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	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							97.7%	98.9%	1.19%
230282000054	2	William S. Cohen School	Public	6-8	304 Garland Street	Bangor	04401	Penobscot County	Bangor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 941-6230	379	31	12.1	29.0%	312 (82.3%)	11 (2.9%)	11 (2.9%)	15 (4.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.3%)	$16,856							95.5%	89.1%	6.32%
230378000096	3	Brunswick Junior High School	Public	6-8	65 Columbia Avenue	Brunswick	04011	Cumberland County	Brunswick Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 319-1930	512	54	9.5	17.6%	434 (84.8%)	10 (2.0%)	24 (4.7%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	32 (6.3%)	$21,808							93.2%	78.3%	14.92%
231038000308	4	Saco Middle School	Public	6-8	40 Buxton Road	Saco	04072	York County	Saco Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 282-4181	601	57	10.5	30.1%	520 (86.5%)	21 (3.5%)	22 (3.7%)	22 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.2%)	$21,560							90.9%	81.5%	9.39%
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							88.6%	82.6%	6.03%
230993000275	6	Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	522 Stevens AV	Portland	04103	Cumberland County	Portland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 874-8145	471	45	10.4	46.3%	288 (61.1%)	85 (18.0%)	28 (5.9%)	32 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.1%)	$21,182							86.4%	54.3%	32.02%
231086000372	7	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	378	28	13.4	43.9%	329 (87.0%)	9 (2.4%)	13 (3.4%)	5 (1.3%)	17 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$15,781							84.1%	71.7%	12.35%
230993000274	8	King Middle School	Public	6-8	92 Deering AV	Portland	04102	Cumberland County	Portland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 874-8140	480	51	9.3	60.8%	197 (41.0%)	162 (33.8%)	71 (14.8%)	19 (4.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.8%)	$20,345							81.8%	2.2%	79.64%
230714000182	9	Shapleigh School	Public	4-8	43 Stevenson Road	Kittery	03904	York County	Kittery Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 439-2572	401	41	9.8	29.7%	325 (81.0%)	4 (1.0%)	38 (9.5%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.7%)	$21,053							79.5%	66.3%	13.24%
231349000613	10	Wells Junior High School	Public	5-8	1470 Post RD	Wells	04090	York County	Wells-Ogunquit Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 646-5142	431	38	11.4	18.6%	400 (92.8%)	7 (1.6%)	10 (2.3%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	$20,616							77.3%	68.5%	8.79%

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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:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection