Best Elementary Schools in Maine

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Maine, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 66%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Falmouth Elementary School	Falmouth, ME	843	77%
2	Mabel I Wilson School	Cumberland, ME	762	62%
3	Wentworth School	Scarborough, ME	675	75%
4	C K Burns School	Saco, ME	599	68%
5	Pond Cove Elementary	Cape Elizabeth, ME	557	61%
6	Wells Elementary School	Wells, ME	551	72%
7	Waterboro Elementary School	East Waterboro, ME	506	63%
8	Great Falls Elementary School	Gorham, ME	485	65%
9	Patricia A Duran School	Hermon, ME	484	67%
10	Yarmouth Elementary School	Yarmouth, ME	472	69%
11	Village Elementary School-Gorham	Gorham, ME	433	65%
12	Camden-Rockport Elementary School	Rockport, ME	380	66%
13	Central School	South Berwick, ME	372	61%
14	Narragansett Elementary School	Gorham, ME	368	69%
15	Vivian E Hussey School	Berwick, ME	358	68%
16	Sebasticook Valley Elementary School	Newport, ME	329	62%
17	Morse Street School	Freeport, ME	327	70%
18	Sea Road School	Kennebunk, ME	324	65%
19	Greely Middle School 4-5	Cumberland, ME	317	67%
20	Woodside Elementary School	Topsham, ME	314	65%
21	Asa C Adams School	Orono, ME	308	64%
22	Turner Primary School	Turner, ME	307	65%
23	Marshwood Great Works School	South Berwick, ME	301	67%
24	Governor John Fairfield School	Saco, ME	300	62%
25	Young School	Saco, ME	295	64%
26	James H Bean School	Sidney, ME	289	66%
27	William H Rowe School	Yarmouth, ME	281	63%
28	Hall-Dale Elementary Sch	Hallowell, ME	277	63%
29	Hanson School	Lebanon, ME	262	62%
30	North Berwick Elementary School	North Berwick, ME	258	67%
31	Longfellow School-Portland	Portland, ME	257	72%
32	Dike-Newell School	Bath, ME	255	63%
33	Helen Thompson School	West Gardiner, ME	253	63%
34	Williams-Cone School	Topsham, ME	252	68%
35	Eric L Knowlton School	Berwick, ME	243	63%
36	Eight Corners Elementary School	Scarborough, ME	228	69%
37	Vickery School	Pittsfield, ME	227	62%
38	Readfield Elementary School	Readfield, ME	213	69%
39	Russell School	Gray, ME	211	66%
40	Village Elementary School-York	York, ME	204	62%
41	Marcia Buker School	Richmond, ME	202	70%
42	Pleasant Hill School	Scarborough, ME	198	66%
43	Bowdoinham Community School	Bowdoinham, ME	197	65%
44	Dyer Elementary School	South Portland, ME	196	69%
45	Manchester Elementary School	Manchester, ME	186	62%
46	Memorial School	New Gloucester, ME	182	67%
47	George E Jack School	Standish, ME	159	64%
48	Lebanon Elementary School	Lebanon, ME	155	66%
49	Eddington School	Eddington, ME	128	63%
50	Harpswell Community School	Harpswell, ME	122	67%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in Maine?

The largest elementary school in Maine is Falmouth Elementary School in Falmouth with 843 students and a 77% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in Maine?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Maine by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.