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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Spruce Mountain High School Jay · RSU 73 | High | 58.9% | -5.2pp |
| 252 | Bonny Eagle Middle School Buxton · RSU 06/MSAD 06 | Middle | 58.8% | -5.3pp |
| 253 | Houlton High School Houlton · RSU 29/MSAD 29 | High | 58.8% | -5.3pp |
| 254 | Orono High School Orono · RSU 26 | High | 58.7% | -5.4pp |
| 255 | Spruce Mountain Middle School Jay · RSU 73 | Middle | 58.7% | -5.4pp |
| 256 | Casco Bay High School Portland · Portland Public Schools | High | 58.6% | -5.5pp |
| 257 | Margaret Chase Smith Sanford · Sanford Public Schools | Elementary | 58.6% | -5.5pp |
| 258 | Biddeford Intermediate School Biddeford · Biddeford Public Schools | Elementary | 58.5% | -5.6pp |
| 259 | Park Avenue Elementary School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Elementary | 58.5% | -5.6pp |
| 260 | Troy A Howard Middle School Belfast · RSU 71 | Middle | 58.4% | -5.7pp |
| 261 | Auburn Middle School Auburn · Auburn Public Schools | Middle | 58.2% | -5.9pp |
| 262 | Vivian E Hussey School Berwick · RSU 60/MSAD 60 | Elementary | 58.2% | -5.9pp |
| 263 | Windham Primary School Windham · RSU 14 | Elementary | 58.2% | -5.9pp |
| 264 | Harrison Elementary Harrison · RSU 17/MSAD 17 | Elementary | 58.1% | -6.0pp |
| 265 | River View Community School South Gardiner · RSU 11/MSAD 11 | Elementary | 57.9% | -6.2pp |
| 266 | Sanford Middle School Sanford · Sanford Public Schools | Middle | 57.9% | -6.2pp |
| 267 | Bruce M Whittier Middle School Poland · RSU 16 | Middle | 57.8% | -6.3pp |
| 268 | So Aroostook School Dyer Brook · RSU 50 | Combined | 57.8% | -6.3pp |
| 269 | Lyman Elementary School Lyman · RSU 57/MSAD 57 | Elementary | 57.6% | -6.5pp |
| 270 | Poland Community School Poland · RSU 16 | Elementary | 57.6% | -6.5pp |
| 271 | Searsport District Middle School Searsport · RSU 20 | Middle | 57.6% | -6.5pp |
| 272 | Waldo T Skillin Elementary School South Portland · South Portland Public Schools | Elementary | 57.6% | -6.5pp |
| 273 | Dayton Consolidated School Dayton · Dayton Public Schools | Elementary | 57.4% | -6.7pp |
| 274 | Jonesport Elementary School Jonesport · Jonesport Public Schools | Elementary | 57.4% | -6.7pp |
| 275 | Leonard Middle School Old Town · RSU 34 | Middle | 57.4% | -6.7pp |
| 276 | Windham High School Windham · RSU 14 | High | 57.4% | -6.7pp |
| 277 | Hebron Station School Hebron · RSU 17/MSAD 17 | Elementary | 57.2% | -6.9pp |
| 278 | Brunswick High School Brunswick · Brunswick Public Schools | High | 57.1% | -7.0pp |
| 279 | Sanford Pride Elementary School Sanford · Sanford Public Schools | Elementary | 56.9% | -7.2pp |
| 280 | Bonny Eagle High School Standish · RSU 06/MSAD 06 | High | 56.5% | -7.6pp |
| 281 | Madawaska Middle/High School Madawaska · Madawaska Public Schools | High | 56.5% | -7.6pp |
| 282 | Easton Junior-Senior High Sch Easton · Easton Public Schools | High | 56.3% | -7.8pp |
| 283 | Eva Hoyt Zippel School Presque Isle · RSU 79/MSAD 01 | Elementary | 56.2% | -7.9pp |
| 284 | Bath Middle School Bath · RSU 01 - LKRSU | Middle | 55.9% | -8.2pp |
| 285 | Somerset Elementary School Hartland · RSU 19 | Elementary | 55.6% | -8.5pp |
| 286 | Westbrook Middle School Westbrook · Westbrook Public Schools | Middle | 55.6% | -8.5pp |
| 287 | Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary Sch Deer Isle · Deer Isle-Stonington CSD | Elementary | 55.5% | -8.6pp |
| 288 | Wiscasset Middle/High School Wiscasset · Wiscasset Public Schools | High | 55.3% | -8.8pp |
| 289 | Gray-New Gloucester High School Gray · RSU 15/MSAD 15 | High | 55.2% | -8.9pp |
| 290 | Acton Elementary School Acton · Acton Public Schools | Elementary | 55.1% | -9.0pp |
| 291 | Oxford Hills Middle School Paris · RSU 17/MSAD 17 | Middle | 55.1% | -9.0pp |
| 292 | Calais Elementary School Calais · Calais Public Schools | Elementary | 54.9% | -9.2pp |
| 293 | Warsaw Middle School Pittsfield · RSU 53/MSAD 53 | Middle | 54.8% | -9.3pp |
| 294 | Westbrook High School Westbrook · Westbrook Public Schools | High | 54.8% | -9.3pp |
| 295 | Edna Libby Elementary School Standish · RSU 06/MSAD 06 | Elementary | 54.1% | -10.0pp |
| 296 | Piscataquis Community Elementary Guilford · RSU 80/MSAD 04 | Elementary | 54.0% | -10.1pp |
| 297 | Lisbon Community School Lisbon · Lisbon Public Schools | Elementary | 53.9% | -10.2pp |
| 298 | Dirigo Elementary School Peru · RSU 56 | Elementary | 53.6% | -10.5pp |
| 299 | Mattanawcook Academy Lincoln · RSU 67 | High | 53.6% | -10.5pp |
| 300 | Mt Ararat High School Topsham · RSU 75/MSAD 75 | High | 53.5% | -10.6pp |
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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.