Maine schools ranked by test score
Latest MEA year (2024-25). 363 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 64.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Massabesic Middle School East Waterboro · RSU 57/MSAD 57 | Middle | 74.8% | +10.7pp |
| 52 | Minot Consolidated School Minot · RSU 16 | Elementary | 74.8% | +10.7pp |
| 53 | Academy Hill School Wilton · RSU 09 | Elementary | 74.6% | +10.5pp |
| 54 | Nobleboro Central School Nobleboro · Nobleboro Public Schools | Elementary | 74.5% | +10.4pp |
| 55 | Freeport High School Freeport · RSU 05 | High | 74.2% | +10.1pp |
| 56 | Windsor Elementary School Windsor · RSU 12 | Elementary | 74.1% | +10.0pp |
| 57 | Bowdoinham Community School Bowdoinham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | Elementary | 74.0% | +9.9pp |
| 58 | Palermo Consolidated School Palermo · RSU 12 | Elementary | 74.0% | +9.9pp |
| 59 | Woodland Consolidated Sch Woodland · Woodland Public Schools | Elementary | 73.9% | +9.8pp |
| 60 | Burchard A Dunn School New Gloucester · RSU 15/MSAD 15 | Elementary | 73.3% | +9.2pp |
| 61 | Skowhegan Area Middle School Skowhegan · RSU 54/MSAD 54 | Middle | 73.2% | +9.1pp |
| 62 | Mast Landing School Freeport · RSU 05 | Elementary | 73.0% | +8.9pp |
| 63 | Hodgdon Middle/High School Hodgdon · RSU 70/MSAD 70 | High | 72.9% | +8.8pp |
| 64 | Central School South Berwick · RSU 35/MSAD 35 | Elementary | 72.4% | +8.3pp |
| 65 | Harrison Lyseth Elem School Portland · Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 72.3% | +8.2pp |
| 66 | Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary Brunswick · Brunswick Public Schools | Elementary | 72.2% | +8.1pp |
| 67 | North Berwick Elementary School North Berwick · RSU 60/MSAD 60 | Elementary | 72.2% | +8.1pp |
| 68 | Wells Junior High School Wells · Wells-Ogunquit CSD | Middle | 72.2% | +8.1pp |
| 69 | Ames Elementary School Searsmont · RSU 71 | Elementary | 72.0% | +7.9pp |
| 70 | Walton School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Elementary | 71.9% | +7.8pp |
| 71 | Mabel I Wilson School Cumberland · RSU 51/MSAD 51 | Elementary | 71.8% | +7.7pp |
| 72 | Chelsea Elementary School Chelsea · RSU 12 | Elementary | 71.7% | +7.6pp |
| 73 | Alfred Elementary School Alfred · RSU 57/MSAD 57 | Elementary | 71.6% | +7.5pp |
| 74 | Dora L Small Elementary School South Portland · South Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 71.6% | +7.5pp |
| 75 | Gorham Middle School Gorham · Gorham Public Schools | Middle | 71.4% | +7.3pp |
| 76 | Camden-Rockport Elementary School Rockport · RSU 28/MSAD 28 | Elementary | 71.2% | +7.1pp |
| 77 | Great Falls Elementary School Gorham · Gorham Public Schools | Elementary | 71.0% | +6.9pp |
| 78 | Hall-Dale Elementary Sch Hallowell · RSU 02 | Elementary | 71.0% | +6.9pp |
| 79 | Sacopee Valley Middle School Hiram · RSU 55/MSAD 55 | Middle | 70.9% | +6.8pp |
| 80 | York High School York · York Public Schools | High | 70.9% | +6.8pp |
| 81 | Canaan Elementary School Canaan · RSU 54/MSAD 54 | Elementary | 70.8% | +6.7pp |
| 82 | Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Gray · RSU 15/MSAD 15 | Middle | 70.8% | +6.7pp |
| 83 | Mt Jefferson Jr High School Lee · RSU 30/MSAD 30 | Middle | 70.4% | +6.3pp |
| 84 | Narragansett Elementary School Gorham · Gorham Public Schools | Elementary | 70.4% | +6.3pp |
| 85 | Fisher-Mitchell School Bath · RSU 01 - LKRSU | Elementary | 70.3% | +6.2pp |
| 86 | Mt Ararat Middle School Topsham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | Middle | 70.3% | +6.2pp |
| 87 | Patricia A Duran School Hermon · Hermon Public Schools | Elementary | 70.3% | +6.2pp |
| 88 | St George School Tenants Harbor · St George Public Schools | Elementary | 70.0% | +5.9pp |
| 89 | Brunswick Jr High School Brunswick · Brunswick Public Schools | Middle | 69.9% | +5.8pp |
| 90 | Maranacook Community Middle Sch Readfield · RSU 38 | Middle | 69.9% | +5.8pp |
| 91 | Marcia Buker School Richmond · Richmond Public Schools | Elementary | 69.9% | +5.8pp |
| 92 | Holden School Holden · RSU 63/MSAD 63 | Elementary | 69.6% | +5.5pp |
| 93 | Gorham High School Gorham · Gorham Public Schools | High | 69.5% | +5.4pp |
| 94 | Samuel L Wagner Middle School Winterport · RSU 22 | Middle | 69.5% | +5.4pp |
| 95 | Forest Hills Consolidated School Jackman · RSU 82/MSAD 12 | Combined | 69.4% | +5.3pp |
| 96 | Hampden Academy Hampden · RSU 22 | High | 69.4% | +5.3pp |
| 97 | Williams-Cone School Topsham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | Elementary | 69.4% | +5.3pp |
| 98 | Lyman Moore Middle School Portland · Portland Public Schools | Middle | 69.3% | +5.2pp |
| 99 | Ashland District School Ashland · RSU 32/MSAD 32 | Combined | 69.2% | +5.1pp |
| 100 | Edgecomb Eddy School Edgecomb · Edgecomb Public Schools | Elementary | 69.1% | +5.0pp |
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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.