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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Maine

This ranking covers the highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Maine, drawn from 199 qualifying public elementary schools. Longfellow School-Portland leads the list at 87.9%, against a median of 64.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

199

Maine

Top % Proficient (Reading)

87.9%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

64.3%

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	Conners-Emerson School	Bar Harbor, ME	Bar Harbor Public Schools	Elementary	346	86.2%
3	Yarmouth Elementary School	Yarmouth, ME	Yarmouth Schools	Elementary	476	85.9%
4	Greely Middle School 4-5	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	Elementary	375	84.9%
5	Blue Hill Consolidated School	Blue Hill, ME	Blue Hill Public Schools	Elementary	256	83.9%
6	Falmouth Elementary School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	Elementary	871	83.3%
7	Wentworth School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	Elementary	664	83.3%
8	Mt Desert Elementary School	Northeast Harbor, ME	Mount Desert Public Schools	Elementary	161	83.2%
9	Whitefield Elementary School	Whitefield, ME	RSU 12	Elementary	184	82.7%
10	Dedham School	Dedham, ME	Dedham Public Schools	Elementary	167	81.8%
11	Woodside Elementary School	Topsham, ME	RSU 75/MSAD 75	Elementary	294	80.7%
12	Thomaston Grammar School	Thomaston, ME	RSU 13	Elementary	164	79.5%
13	Sea Road School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	308	79.2%
14	Fairview School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	489	78.6%
15	Manchester Elementary School	Manchester, ME	RSU 38	Elementary	150	78.5%
16	Hope Elementary School	Hope, ME	Hope Public Schools	Elementary	140	78.1%
17	Asa C Adams School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	Elementary	336	78.1%
18	Ash Point Community School	Owls Head, ME	RSU 13	Elementary	158	77.2%
19	Frank I Brown Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	Elementary	213	77.1%
20	James H Bean School	Sidney, ME	RSU 18	Elementary	300	76.9%
21	Durham Community School	Durham, ME	RSU 05	Elementary	469	76.6%
22	Marshwood Great Works School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	287	76.4%
23	Presumpscot School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	266	76.1%
24	East Auburn Community School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	152	75.6%
25	Lebanon Elementary School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	135	75.4%
26	Amanda C Rowe School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	470	75.3%
27	Fort Fairfield Elementary School	Fort Fairfield, ME	RSU 86/MSAD 20	Elementary	188	75.0%
28	Fort Kent Elementary School	Fort Kent, ME	MSAD 27	Elementary	454	75.0%
29	Sebago Elementary School	Sebago, ME	Sebago Public Schools	Elementary	116	75.0%
30	Minot Consolidated School	Minot, ME	RSU 16	Elementary	229	74.8%
31	Academy Hill School	Wilton, ME	RSU 09	Elementary	178	74.6%
32	Nobleboro Central School	Nobleboro, ME	Nobleboro Public Schools	Elementary	140	74.5%
33	Windsor Elementary School	Windsor, ME	RSU 12	Elementary	288	74.1%
34	Bowdoinham Community School	Bowdoinham, ME	RSU 75/MSAD 75	Elementary	192	74.0%
35	Palermo Consolidated School	Palermo, ME	RSU 12	Elementary	111	74.0%
36	Woodland Consolidated Sch	Woodland, ME	Woodland Public Schools	Elementary	175	73.9%
37	Burchard A Dunn School	New Gloucester, ME	RSU 15/MSAD 15	Elementary	350	73.3%
38	Mast Landing School	Freeport, ME	RSU 05	Elementary	266	73.0%
39	Central School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	402	72.4%
40	Harrison Lyseth Elem School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	489	72.3%
41	Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary	Brunswick, ME	Brunswick Public Schools	Elementary	531	72.2%
42	North Berwick Elementary School	North Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	258	72.2%
43	Ames Elementary School	Searsmont, ME	RSU 71	Elementary	122	72.0%
44	Walton School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	156	71.9%
45	Mabel I Wilson School	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	Elementary	730	71.8%
46	Chelsea Elementary School	Chelsea, ME	RSU 12	Elementary	262	71.7%
47	Dora L Small Elementary School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	Elementary	193	71.6%
48	Alfred Elementary School	Alfred, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	179	71.6%
49	Camden-Rockport Elementary School	Rockport, ME	RSU 28/MSAD 28	Elementary	340	71.2%
50	Great Falls Elementary School	Gorham, ME	Gorham Public Schools	Elementary	429	71.0%

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