Maine schools ranked by test score
Latest MEA year (2024-25). 205 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 64.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longfellow School-Portland Portland · Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 87.9% | +23.8pp |
| 2 | Conners-Emerson School Bar Harbor · Bar Harbor Public Schools | Elementary | 86.2% | +22.1pp |
| 3 | Yarmouth Elementary School Yarmouth · Yarmouth Schools | Elementary | 85.9% | +21.8pp |
| 4 | Greely Middle School 4-5 Cumberland · RSU 51/MSAD 51 | Elementary | 84.9% | +20.8pp |
| 5 | Blue Hill Consolidated School Blue Hill · Blue Hill Public Schools | Elementary | 83.9% | +19.8pp |
| 6 | Falmouth Elementary School Falmouth · Falmouth Public Schools | Elementary | 83.3% | +19.2pp |
| 7 | Wentworth School Scarborough · Scarborough Public Schools | Elementary | 83.3% | +19.2pp |
| 8 | Mt Desert Elementary School Northeast Harbor · Mount Desert Public Schools | Elementary | 83.2% | +19.1pp |
| 9 | Whitefield Elementary School Whitefield · RSU 12 | Elementary | 82.7% | +18.6pp |
| 10 | Dedham School Dedham · Dedham Public Schools | Elementary | 81.8% | +17.7pp |
| 11 | Woodside Elementary School Topsham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | Elementary | 80.7% | +16.6pp |
| 12 | Thomaston Grammar School Thomaston · RSU 13 | Elementary | 79.5% | +15.4pp |
| 13 | Sea Road School Kennebunk · RSU 21 | Elementary | 79.2% | +15.1pp |
| 14 | Fairview School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Elementary | 78.6% | +14.5pp |
| 15 | Manchester Elementary School Manchester · RSU 38 | Elementary | 78.5% | +14.4pp |
| 16 | Asa C Adams School Orono · RSU 26 | Elementary | 78.1% | +14.0pp |
| 17 | Hope Elementary School Hope · Hope Public Schools | Elementary | 78.1% | +14.0pp |
| 18 | Ash Point Community School Owls Head · RSU 13 | Elementary | 77.2% | +13.1pp |
| 19 | Frank I Brown Elementary School South Portland · South Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 77.1% | +13.0pp |
| 20 | James H Bean School Sidney · RSU 18 | Elementary | 76.9% | +12.8pp |
| 21 | Durham Community School Durham · RSU 05 | Elementary | 76.6% | +12.5pp |
| 22 | Marshwood Great Works School South Berwick · RSU 35/MSAD 35 | Elementary | 76.4% | +12.3pp |
| 23 | Presumpscot School Portland · Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 76.1% | +12.0pp |
| 24 | East Auburn Community School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Elementary | 75.6% | +11.5pp |
| 25 | Lebanon Elementary School Lebanon · RSU 60/MSAD 60 | Elementary | 75.4% | +11.3pp |
| 26 | Amanda C Rowe School Portland · Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 75.3% | +11.2pp |
| 27 | Fort Fairfield Elementary School Fort Fairfield · RSU 86/MSAD 20 | Elementary | 75.0% | +10.9pp |
| 28 | Fort Kent Elementary School Fort Kent · MSAD 27 | Elementary | 75.0% | +10.9pp |
| 29 | Sebago Elementary School Sebago · Sebago Public Schools | Elementary | 75.0% | +10.9pp |
| 30 | Minot Consolidated School Minot · RSU 16 | Elementary | 74.8% | +10.7pp |
| 31 | Academy Hill School Wilton · RSU 09 | Elementary | 74.6% | +10.5pp |
| 32 | Nobleboro Central School Nobleboro · Nobleboro Public Schools | Elementary | 74.5% | +10.4pp |
| 33 | Windsor Elementary School Windsor · RSU 12 | Elementary | 74.1% | +10.0pp |
| 34 | Bowdoinham Community School Bowdoinham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | Elementary | 74.0% | +9.9pp |
| 35 | Palermo Consolidated School Palermo · RSU 12 | Elementary | 74.0% | +9.9pp |
| 36 | Woodland Consolidated Sch Woodland · Woodland Public Schools | Elementary | 73.9% | +9.8pp |
| 37 | Burchard A Dunn School New Gloucester · RSU 15/MSAD 15 | Elementary | 73.3% | +9.2pp |
| 38 | Mast Landing School Freeport · RSU 05 | Elementary | 73.0% | +8.9pp |
| 39 | Central School South Berwick · RSU 35/MSAD 35 | Elementary | 72.4% | +8.3pp |
| 40 | Harrison Lyseth Elem School Portland · Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 72.3% | +8.2pp |
| 41 | Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary Brunswick · Brunswick Public Schools | Elementary | 72.2% | +8.1pp |
| 42 | North Berwick Elementary School North Berwick · RSU 60/MSAD 60 | Elementary | 72.2% | +8.1pp |
| 43 | Ames Elementary School Searsmont · RSU 71 | Elementary | 72.0% | +7.9pp |
| 44 | Walton School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Elementary | 71.9% | +7.8pp |
| 45 | Mabel I Wilson School Cumberland · RSU 51/MSAD 51 | Elementary | 71.8% | +7.7pp |
| 46 | Chelsea Elementary School Chelsea · RSU 12 | Elementary | 71.7% | +7.6pp |
| 47 | Alfred Elementary School Alfred · RSU 57/MSAD 57 | Elementary | 71.6% | +7.5pp |
| 48 | Dora L Small Elementary School South Portland · South Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 71.6% | +7.5pp |
| 49 | Camden-Rockport Elementary School Rockport · RSU 28/MSAD 28 | Elementary | 71.2% | +7.1pp |
| 50 | Great Falls Elementary School Gorham · Gorham Public Schools | Elementary | 71.0% | +6.9pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MEA % At or Above State Expectations threshold on the latest available MEA English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Maine, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.