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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Maine

This ranking covers the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Maine, drawn from 86 qualifying public high schools. Mt Desert Island High School leads the list at 8.2:1, against a median of 12.5:1 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

Best Students/teacher

8.2:1

Median Students/teacher

12.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Mt Desert Island High School	Bar Harbor, ME	Mt Desert CSD	High	453	8.2:1
2	Greely High School	Cumberland, ME	RSU 51/MSAD 51	High	615	9.5:1
3	York High School	York, ME	York Public Schools	High	498	9.6:1
4	Robert W Traip Academy	Kittery, ME	Kittery Public Schools	High	294	9.9:1
5	Sacopee Valley High Sch	Hiram, ME	RSU 55/MSAD 55	High	261	9.9:1
6	Falmouth High School	Falmouth, ME	Falmouth Public Schools	High	669	9.9:1
7	Madison Jr/Sr High School	Madison, ME	RSU 59/MSAD 59	High	243	10.0:1
8	Buckfield Jr-Sr High School	Buckfield, ME	RSU 10	High	228	10.2:1
9	Piscataquis Community Secondary School	Guilford, ME	RSU 80/MSAD 04	High	210	10.2:1
10	Fort Fairfield Middle/High School	Fort Fairfield, ME	RSU 86/MSAD 20	High	238	10.2:1
11	Cape Elizabeth High School	Cape Elizabeth, ME	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	High	471	10.5:1
12	Sumner Memorial High School	Sullivan, ME	RSU 24	High	214	10.5:1
13	Orono High School	Orono, ME	RSU 26	High	337	10.7:1
14	Oceanside High School	Rockland, ME	RSU 13	High	494	10.7:1
15	Brunswick High School	Brunswick, ME	Brunswick Public Schools	High	722	10.9:1
16	Scarborough High School	Scarborough, ME	Scarborough Public Schools	High	903	11.0:1
17	Madawaska Middle/High School	Madawaska, ME	Madawaska Public Schools	High	205	11.1:1
18	Yarmouth High School	Yarmouth, ME	Yarmouth Schools	High	554	11.2:1
19	Belfast Area High School	Belfast, ME	RSU 71	High	476	11.3:1
20	Wells High School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	High	422	11.4:1
21	Mountain Valley High School	Rumford, ME	RSU 10	High	369	11.4:1
22	South Portland High School	South Portland, ME	South Portland Public Schools	High	928	11.5:1
23	Maranacook Community High Sch	Readfield, ME	RSU 38	High	385	11.5:1
24	Leavitt Area High School	Turner, ME	RSU 52/MSAD 52	High	563	11.6:1
25	Stearns Jr-Sr High School	Millinocket, ME	Millinocket Public Schools	High	229	11.6:1
26	Kennebunk High School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	High	683	11.6:1
27	Mt View High School	Thorndike, ME	RSU 03/MSAD 03	High	271	11.7:1
28	Winthrop High School	Winthrop, ME	Winthrop Public Schools	High	241	11.7:1
29	Lake Region High School	Naples, ME	RSU 61/MSAD 61	High	503	11.7:1
30	Hall-Dale Middle and High School	Farmingdale, ME	RSU 02	High	496	11.8:1
31	Mattanawcook Academy	Lincoln, ME	RSU 67	High	313	11.8:1
32	Gardiner Area High School	Gardiner, ME	RSU 11/MSAD 11	High	565	11.8:1
33	Oak Hill High School	Wales, ME	RSU 04	High	408	11.9:1
34	Noble High School	North Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	High	1,134	12.0:1
35	Westbrook High School	Westbrook, ME	Westbrook Public Schools	High	719	12.0:1
36	Calais Middle/High School	Calais, ME	Calais Public Schools	High	289	12.0:1
37	Windham High School	Windham, ME	RSU 14	High	939	12.1:1
38	Mt Ararat High School	Topsham, ME	RSU 75/MSAD 75	High	732	12.2:1
39	Freeport High School	Freeport, ME	RSU 05	High	593	12.2:1
40	Poland Regional H S	Poland, ME	RSU 16	High	506	12.2:1
41	Narraguagus High School	Harrington, ME	RSU 37/MSAD 37	High	291	12.2:1
42	Winslow High School	Winslow, ME	Winslow Schools	High	383	12.3:1
43	Deering High School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	High	850	12.4:1
44	Gray-New Gloucester High School	Gray, ME	RSU 15/MSAD 15	High	573	12.5:1
45	Penquis Valley Middle/High School	Milo, ME	RSU 41/MSAD 41	High	349	12.5:1
46	Bonny Eagle High School	Standish, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	High	1,027	12.5:1
47	Dirigo High School	Dixfield, ME	RSU 56	High	216	12.6:1
48	Camden Hills Regional H S	Rockport, ME	Five Town CSD	High	757	12.6:1
49	Fort Kent Community High School	Fort Kent, ME	MSAD 27	High	240	12.6:1
50	Ellsworth High School	Ellsworth, ME	Ellsworth Public Schools	High	521	12.7:1

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