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The highest-performing public middle schools in science in Maine

65 public middle schools in Maine appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in science, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state science standard. Frank H Harrison Middle School leads the list at 75.7%, against a median of 44.0% 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 % Proficient (Science)

75.7%

Median % Proficient (Science)

44.0%

BEST IN SCIENCE · MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Yarmouth, ME	Yarmouth Schools	Middle	379	75.7%
2	Scarborough Middle School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	Middle	663	75.3%
3	Falmouth Middle School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	Middle	438	75.2%
4	Greely Middle School	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	Middle	515	75.0%
5	Freeport Middle School	Freeport, ME	RSU 05	Middle	288	70.7%
6	Reeds Brook Middle School	Hampden, ME	RSU 22	Middle	304	67.0%
7	Marshwood Middle School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Middle	490	65.7%
8	Middle School of the Kennebunks	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Middle	470	63.0%
9	Orono Middle School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	Middle	154	62.3%
10	Brunswick Jr High School	Brunswick, ME	Brunswick Public Schools	Middle	544	61.5%
11	Gorham Middle School	Gorham, ME	Gorham Public Schools	Middle	718	59.5%
12	Massabesic Middle School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Middle	619	59.4%
13	Cape Elizabeth Middle School	Cape Elizabeth, ME	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	Middle	448	58.6%
14	Messalonskee Middle School	Oakland, ME	RSU 18	Middle	495	57.6%
15	Maranacook Community Middle Sch	Readfield, ME	RSU 38	Middle	290	56.8%
16	Lyman Moore Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	470	55.6%
17	York Middle School	York, ME	York Public Schools	Middle	482	54.8%
18	Saco Middle School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Middle	586	54.5%
19	William S. Cohen School	Bangor, ME	Bangor Public Schools	Middle	372	53.9%
20	Winslow Junior High School	Winslow, ME	Winslow Schools	Middle	178	53.2%
21	Gardiner Regional Middle School	Gardiner, ME	RSU 11/MSAD 11	Middle	425	52.9%
22	Valley Rivers Middle School	Fort Kent, ME	MSAD 27	Middle	118	52.6%
23	Bath Middle School	Bath, ME	RSU 01 - LKRSU	Middle	317	51.4%
24	Holbrook School	Holden, ME	RSU 63/MSAD 63	Middle	178	50.5%
25	Windham Middle School	Windham, ME	RSU 14	Middle	571	50.3%
26	Lincoln Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	382	49.2%
27	Samuel L Wagner Middle School	Winterport, ME	RSU 22	Middle	203	48.6%
28	Oceanside Middle School	Thomaston, ME	RSU 13	Middle	307	48.2%
29	Camden-Rockport Middle School	Camden, ME	RSU 28/MSAD 28	Middle	348	47.9%
30	Lake Region Middle School	Naples, ME	RSU 61/MSAD 61	Middle	390	45.7%
31	Skowhegan Area Middle School	Skowhegan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Middle	473	45.4%
32	Central Middle School	Corinth, ME	RSU 64/MSAD 64	Middle	230	44.8%
33	South Portland Middle School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	Middle	807	44.0%
34	Medomak Middle School	Waldoboro, ME	RSU 40/MSAD 40	Middle	259	43.3%
35	Tripp Middle School	Turner, ME	RSU 52/MSAD 52	Middle	326	43.2%
36	Mattanawcook Jr High School	Lincoln, ME	RSU 67	Middle	304	43.2%
37	Day Mountain Regional Middle School	Strong, ME	RSU 58/MSAD 58	Middle	141	43.1%
38	Presque Isle Middle School	Presque Isle, ME	RSU 79/MSAD 01	Middle	354	42.6%
39	Hermon Middle School	Hermon, ME	Hermon Public Schools	Middle	319	42.4%
40	King Middle School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Middle	434	41.8%
41	Bruce M Whittier Middle School	Poland, ME	RSU 16	Middle	272	41.6%
42	James F. Doughty School	Bangor, ME	Bangor Public Schools	Middle	346	41.1%
43	Mt Blue Middle School	Farmington, ME	RSU 09	Middle	508	40.7%
44	Lawrence Jr High School	Fairfield, ME	RSU 49/MSAD 49	Middle	276	40.0%
45	Wells Junior High School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	Middle	455	39.5%
46	Auburn Middle School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Middle	499	39.4%
47	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Buxton, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Middle	712	39.1%
48	Sumner Middle Sch	Sullivan, ME	RSU 24	Middle	147	38.3%
49	Se Do Mo Cha Middle School	Dover-Foxcroft, ME	RSU 68/MSAD 68	Middle	313	37.8%
50	Shapleigh School	Kittery, ME	Kittery Public Schools	Middle	357	35.4%

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