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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Maine

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Maine, drawn from 82 qualifying public middle schools. Searsport District Middle School leads the list at 77.8%, against a median of 46.7% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Maine

Top % FRL

77.8%

Median % FRL

46.7%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Searsport District Middle School	Searsport, ME	RSU 20	Middle	108	77.8%
2	Mountain Valley Middle School	Mexico, ME	RSU 10	Middle	376	77.4%
3	Houlton Junior High School	Houlton, ME	RSU 29/MSAD 29	Middle	186	76.9%
4	King Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	434	70.7%
5	Day Mountain Regional Middle School	Strong, ME	RSU 58/MSAD 58	Middle	141	69.5%
6	Westbrook Middle School	Westbrook, ME	Westbrook Public Schools	Middle	710	69.0%
7	Waterville Junior High School	Waterville, ME	Waterville Public Schools	Middle	325	68.3%
8	Skowhegan Area Middle School	Skowhegan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Middle	473	66.8%
9	Mt View Middle School	Thorndike, ME	RSU 03/MSAD 03	Middle	232	65.5%
10	Auburn Middle School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Middle	499	64.3%
11	James F. Doughty School	Bangor, ME	Bangor Public Schools	Middle	346	64.2%
12	Lewiston Middle School	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	Middle	744	63.0%
13	T W Kelly Dirigo Middle School	Dixfield, ME	RSU 56	Middle	180	61.7%
14	Biddeford Middle School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Middle	542	61.1%
15	Spruce Mountain Middle School	Jay, ME	RSU 73	Middle	303	60.7%
16	Troy A Howard Middle School	Belfast, ME	RSU 71	Middle	330	60.6%
17	Medomak Middle School	Waldoboro, ME	RSU 40/MSAD 40	Middle	259	60.2%
18	Medway Middle School	Medway, ME	Medway Public Schools	Middle	107	57.9%
19	Sumner Middle Sch	Sullivan, ME	RSU 24	Middle	147	57.8%
20	Nokomis Regional Middle School	Newport, ME	RSU 19	Middle	524	57.3%
21	Sacopee Valley Middle School	Hiram, ME	RSU 55/MSAD 55	Middle	354	56.8%
22	Warsaw Middle School	Pittsfield, ME	RSU 53/MSAD 53	Middle	259	56.8%
23	Cony Middle School	Augusta, ME	Augusta Public Schools	Middle	321	56.1%
24	Se Do Mo Cha Middle School	Dover-Foxcroft, ME	RSU 68/MSAD 68	Middle	313	55.9%
25	Sanford Middle School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Middle	920	55.5%
26	Mt Blue Middle School	Farmington, ME	RSU 09	Middle	508	54.1%
27	Bucksport Middle School	Bucksport, ME	RSU 25	Middle	292	54.1%
28	Presque Isle Middle School	Presque Isle, ME	RSU 79/MSAD 01	Middle	354	53.7%
29	Lincoln Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	382	53.7%
30	Oxford Hills Middle School	Paris, ME	RSU 17/MSAD 17	Middle	479	53.4%
31	Leonard Middle School	Old Town, ME	RSU 34	Middle	278	53.2%
32	Lake Region Middle School	Naples, ME	RSU 61/MSAD 61	Middle	390	53.1%
33	Mattanawcook Jr High School	Lincoln, ME	RSU 67	Middle	304	53.0%
34	Lawrence Jr High School	Fairfield, ME	RSU 49/MSAD 49	Middle	276	52.5%
35	Oceanside Middle School	Thomaston, ME	RSU 13	Middle	307	52.1%
36	Central Middle School	Corinth, ME	RSU 64/MSAD 64	Middle	230	51.7%
37	Telstar Middle School	Bethel, ME	RSU 44/MSAD 44	Middle	155	51.0%
38	Oak Hill Middle School	Sabattus, ME	RSU 04	Middle	380	50.8%
39	Valley Rivers Middle School	Fort Kent, ME	MSAD 27	Middle	118	48.3%
40	Bath Middle School	Bath, ME	RSU 01 - LKRSU	Middle	317	47.3%
41	Lyman Moore Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	470	47.2%
42	Winslow Junior High School	Winslow, ME	Winslow Schools	Middle	178	46.1%
43	Philip W Sugg Middle School	Lisbon Falls, ME	Lisbon Public Schools	Middle	278	46.0%
44	Massabesic Middle School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Middle	619	44.1%
45	South Portland Middle School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	Middle	807	43.1%
46	Samuel L Wagner Middle School	Winterport, ME	RSU 22	Middle	203	42.9%
47	Loranger Memorial School	Old Orchard Beach, ME	RSU 23	Middle	251	41.8%
48	Messalonskee Middle School	Oakland, ME	RSU 18	Middle	495	41.0%
49	Orono Middle School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	Middle	154	39.0%
50	Caravel Middle School	Carmel, ME	RSU 87/MSAD 23	Middle	204	38.7%

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