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The public schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in York County, Maine

50 public schools in York County, Maine appear in this ranking of the public schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the most students per teacher, a proxy for larger classes. Sanford High School leads the list at 17.7:1, against a median of 11.4:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

York County, Maine

Top Students/teacher

17.7:1

Median Students/teacher

11.4:1

HIGHEST RATIO · YORK COUNTY, MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Sanford High School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	High	1,115	17.7:1
2	Biddeford High School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	High	894	14.2:1
3	Sanford Middle School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Middle	920	13.7:1
4	Massabesic High School	Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	High	867	13.6:1
5	Central School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	402	13.4:1
6	C K Burns School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	641	13.4:1
7	Marshwood High School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	High	659	13.0:1
8	Wells Elementary School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	Elementary	563	12.8:1
9	Sea Road School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	308	12.6:1
10	Hollis School	Hollis, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	272	12.6:1
11	Waterboro Elementary School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	547	12.4:1
12	Sanford Pride Elementary School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	383	12.4:1
13	Marshwood Middle School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Middle	490	12.4:1
14	H B Emery Jr Memorial School	Limington, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	211	12.3:1
15	North Berwick Elementary School	North Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	258	12.2:1
16	Marshwood Great Works School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	287	12.1:1
17	Lyman Elementary School	Lyman, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	241	12.1:1
18	Noble High School	North Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	High	1,134	12.0:1
19	Kennebunk Elementary School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	378	12.0:1
20	Biddeford Primary School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	483	11.9:1
21	Massabesic Middle School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Middle	619	11.7:1
22	Hanson School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	267	11.7:1
23	Wells Junior High School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	Middle	455	11.6:1
24	Kennebunk High School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	High	683	11.6:1
25	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Buxton, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Middle	712	11.4:1
26	Wells High School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	High	422	11.4:1
27	Mildred L Day School	Arundel, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	224	11.4:1
28	Vivian E Hussey School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	370	11.3:1
29	Young School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	323	11.2:1
30	Carl J Lamb School	Springvale, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	436	11.2:1
31	Noble Middle School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Middle	433	11.1:1
32	Margaret Chase Smith	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	396	10.9:1
33	Eliot Elementary School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	282	10.9:1
34	Buxton Center Elementary School	Buxton, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	552	10.9:1
35	Biddeford Intermediate School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	357	10.8:1
36	Acton Elementary School	Acton, ME	Acton Public Schools	Elementary	256	10.7:1
37	Saco Middle School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Middle	586	10.6:1
38	Governor John Fairfield School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	268	10.4:1
39	Eric L Knowlton School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	204	10.4:1
40	Biddeford Middle School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Middle	542	10.3:1
41	Coastal Ridge Elementary	York, ME	York Public Schools	Elementary	332	10.0:1
42	Middle School of the Kennebunks	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Middle	470	9.9:1
43	Robert W Traip Academy	Kittery, ME	Kittery Public Schools	High	294	9.9:1
44	York High School	York, ME	York Public Schools	High	498	9.6:1
45	Horace Mitchell Primary School	Kittery Point, ME	Kittery Public Schools	Elementary	315	9.6:1
46	York Middle School	York, ME	York Public Schools	Middle	482	9.3:1
47	Line Elementary	West Newfield, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	261	9.2:1
48	Village Elementary School-York	York, ME	York Public Schools	Elementary	226	9.0:1
49	Shapleigh School	Kittery, ME	Kittery Public Schools	Middle	357	8.8:1
50	Loranger Memorial School	Old Orchard Beach, ME	RSU 23	Middle	251	8.2:1

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