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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Maine

353 public schools in Maine appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Longfellow School-Portland leads the list at 87.9%, against a median of 63.7% 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

353

Maine

Top % Proficient (Reading)

87.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

63.7%

BEST IN READING · MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Longfellow School-Portland	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	263	87.9%
2	Falmouth High School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	High	669	86.9%
3	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Yarmouth, ME	Yarmouth Schools	Middle	379	86.3%
4	Conners-Emerson School	Bar Harbor, ME	Bar Harbor Public Schools	Elementary	346	86.2%
5	Yarmouth Elementary School	Yarmouth, ME	Yarmouth Schools	Elementary	476	85.9%
6	Falmouth Middle School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	Middle	438	85.6%
7	Marshwood High School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	High	659	85.5%
8	Greely Middle School 4-5	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	Elementary	375	84.9%
9	York Middle School	York, ME	York Public Schools	Middle	482	84.1%
10	Blue Hill Consolidated School	Blue Hill, ME	Blue Hill Public Schools	Elementary	256	83.9%
11	Falmouth Elementary School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	Elementary	871	83.3%
12	Wentworth School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	Elementary	664	83.3%
13	Mt Desert Elementary School	Northeast Harbor, ME	Mount Desert Public Schools	Elementary	161	83.2%
14	Reeds Brook Middle School	Hampden, ME	RSU 22	Middle	304	83.1%
15	Middle School of the Kennebunks	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Middle	470	82.8%
16	Whitefield Elementary School	Whitefield, ME	RSU 12	Elementary	184	82.7%
17	Camden-Rockport Middle School	Camden, ME	RSU 28/MSAD 28	Middle	348	82.3%
18	Cape Elizabeth Middle School	Cape Elizabeth, ME	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	Middle	448	82.2%
19	Scarborough Middle School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	Middle	663	82.0%
20	Dedham School	Dedham, ME	Dedham Public Schools	Elementary	167	81.8%
21	Greely High School	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	High	615	81.5%
22	Woodside Elementary School	Topsham, ME	RSU 75/MSAD 75	Elementary	294	80.7%
23	Freeport Middle School	Freeport, ME	RSU 05	Middle	288	80.7%
24	Greely Middle School	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	Middle	515	79.6%
25	Thomaston Grammar School	Thomaston, ME	RSU 13	Elementary	164	79.5%
26	Sea Road School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	308	79.2%
27	Fairview School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	489	78.6%
28	Kennebunk High School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	High	683	78.5%
29	Manchester Elementary School	Manchester, ME	RSU 38	Elementary	150	78.5%
30	Hope Elementary School	Hope, ME	Hope Public Schools	Elementary	140	78.1%
31	Asa C Adams School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	Elementary	336	78.1%
32	Greenville Consolidated School	Greenville, ME	Greenville Public Schools	Combined	177	77.9%
33	Ash Point Community School	Owls Head, ME	RSU 13	Elementary	158	77.2%
34	Frank I Brown Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	Elementary	213	77.1%
35	James H Bean School	Sidney, ME	RSU 18	Elementary	300	76.9%
36	Durham Community School	Durham, ME	RSU 05	Elementary	469	76.6%
37	Marshwood Great Works School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	287	76.4%
38	Orono Middle School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	Middle	154	76.4%
39	Holbrook School	Holden, ME	RSU 63/MSAD 63	Middle	178	76.3%
40	Camden Hills Regional H S	Rockport, ME	Five Town CSD	High	757	76.1%
41	Presumpscot School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	266	76.1%
42	Marshwood Middle School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Middle	490	75.7%
43	East Auburn Community School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	152	75.6%
44	Lebanon Elementary School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	135	75.4%
45	Amanda C Rowe School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	470	75.3%
46	Scarborough High School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	High	903	75.2%
47	Fort Fairfield Elementary School	Fort Fairfield, ME	RSU 86/MSAD 20	Elementary	188	75.0%
48	Fort Kent Elementary School	Fort Kent, ME	MSAD 27	Elementary	454	75.0%
49	Sebago Elementary School	Sebago, ME	Sebago Public Schools	Elementary	116	75.0%
50	Massabesic Middle School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Middle	619	74.8%

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