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The fastest-declining public elementary schools by enrollment in Maine

134 public elementary schools in Maine appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public elementary schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Lebanon Elementary School leads the list at -72.0%, against a median of -12.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

134

Maine

Best Enrollment change

-72.0%

Median Enrollment change

-12.6%

FASTEST DECLINING · MAINE

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Lebanon Elementary School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	482	135	-72.0%
2	Eric L Knowlton School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	634	204	-67.8%
3	Carrie Ricker School	Litchfield, ME	RSU 04	325	174	-46.5%
4	Songo Locks School	Naples, ME	RSU 61/MSAD 61	450	249	-44.7%
5	Earl C McGraw School	Hampden, ME	RSU 22	349	203	-41.8%
6	Wiscasset Elementary School	Wiscasset, ME	Wiscasset Public Schools	271	166	-38.7%
7	Walton School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	249	156	-37.3%
8	Oxford-Cumberland Canal School	Westbrook, ME	Westbrook Public Schools	296	188	-36.5%
9	Dora L Small Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	303	193	-36.3%
10	Mountain View Sch	Sullivan, ME	RSU 24	238	152	-36.1%
11	John F Kennedy Memorial School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	236	157	-33.5%
12	Canaan Elementary School	Canaan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	234	160	-31.6%
13	Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	425	291	-31.5%
14	Thomas J McMahon Elementary Sch	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	685	474	-30.8%
15	Houlton Elementary School	Houlton, ME	RSU 29/MSAD 29	406	282	-30.5%
16	Piscataquis Community Elementary	Guilford, ME	RSU 80/MSAD 04	378	264	-30.2%
17	Searsport Elementary	Searsport, ME	RSU 20	239	167	-30.1%
18	Rumford Elementary	Rumford, ME	RSU 10	290	213	-26.6%
19	Fort Fairfield Elementary School	Fort Fairfield, ME	RSU 86/MSAD 20	250	188	-24.8%
20	Longfellow School-Portland	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	346	263	-24.0%
21	Madawaska Elementary School	Madawaska, ME	Madawaska Public Schools	213	162	-23.9%
22	Manchester School	Windham, ME	RSU 14	459	357	-22.2%
23	James Otis Kaler Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	228	179	-21.5%
24	Dike-Newell School	Bath, ME	RSU 01 - LKRSU	284	225	-20.8%
25	Brewer Community School	Brewer, ME	Brewer Public Schools	1,009	800	-20.7%
26	Lillian Parks Hussey School	Augusta, ME	Augusta Public Schools	294	235	-20.1%
27	Raymond A. Geiger Elementary School	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	713	572	-19.8%
28	Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary	Brunswick, ME	Brunswick Public Schools	659	531	-19.4%
29	Warren Community School	Warren, ME	RSU 40/MSAD 40	355	286	-19.4%
30	Sylvio J Gilbert School	Augusta, ME	Augusta Public Schools	378	305	-19.3%
31	Fort Street School	Mars Hill, ME	RSU 42/MSAD 42	218	176	-19.3%
32	Waldo T Skillin Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	374	302	-19.3%
33	Great Falls Elementary School	Gorham, ME	Gorham Public Schools	528	429	-18.8%
34	Winthrop Grade School	Winthrop, ME	Winthrop Public Schools	458	372	-18.8%
35	Frank I Brown Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	262	213	-18.7%
36	Center Drive School	Orrington, ME	Orrington Public Schools	422	346	-18.0%
37	Spruce Mountain Primary School	Livermore, ME	RSU 73	408	335	-17.9%
38	Captain Albert W. Stevens School	Belfast, ME	RSU 71	282	232	-17.7%
39	Washburn District Elem School	Washburn, ME	RSU 45/MSAD 45	218	180	-17.4%
40	Carl J Lamb School	Springvale, ME	Sanford Public Schools	526	436	-17.1%
41	South School	Rockland, ME	RSU 13	375	311	-17.1%
42	Washburn School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	263	219	-16.7%
43	Eliot Elementary School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	338	282	-16.6%
44	Oxford Elementary School	Oxford, ME	RSU 17/MSAD 17	365	307	-15.9%
45	Old Town Elementary School	Old Town, ME	RSU 34	579	488	-15.7%
46	W G Mallett School	Farmington, ME	RSU 09	357	303	-15.1%
47	Hancock Grammar School	Hancock, ME	Hancock Public Schools	221	188	-14.9%
48	Carrabec Community School	North Anson, ME	RSU 74/MSAD 74	264	225	-14.8%
49	Line Elementary	West Newfield, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	306	261	-14.7%
50	Dyer Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	227	194	-14.5%

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