Best High Schools in Maine

The top 42 high schools (grades 9-12) in Maine, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 64%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Lewiston High School	Lewiston, ME	1,575	48%
2	Noble High School	North Berwick, ME	1,201	63%
3	Bangor High School	Bangor, ME	1,107	49%
4	Oxford Hills Comprehensive H S	Paris, ME	1,077	52%
5	Sanford High School	Sanford, ME	1,065	46%
6	Bonny Eagle High School	Standish, ME	1,021	62%
7	South Portland High School	South Portland, ME	1,019	56%
8	Edward Little High School	Auburn, ME	1,007	64%
9	Windham High School	Windham, ME	978	58%
10	Portland High School	Portland, ME	952	57%
11	Scarborough High School	Scarborough, ME	907	66%
12	Hampden Academy	Hampden, ME	811	63%
13	Gorham High School	Gorham, ME	810	63%
14	Kennebunk High School	Kennebunk, ME	756	68%
15	Brunswick High School	Brunswick, ME	723	62%
16	Camden Hills Regional H S	Rockport, ME	719	69%
17	Falmouth High School	Falmouth, ME	706	78%
18	Nokomis Regional High School	Newport, ME	634	63%
19	Morse High School	Bath, ME	610	66%
20	Greely High School	Cumberland, ME	599	71%
21	Hermon High School	Hermon, ME	584	68%
22	Lawrence High School	Fairfield, ME	577	66%
23	Medomak Valley High School	Waldoboro, ME	563	63%
24	Leavitt Area High School	Turner, ME	561	70%
25	Yarmouth High School	Yarmouth, ME	546	72%
26	Cape Elizabeth High School	Cape Elizabeth, ME	518	65%
27	York High School	York, ME	516	63%
28	Mt Desert Island High School	Bar Harbor, ME	495	74%
29	Presque Isle High School	Presque Isle, ME	468	66%
30	Wells High School	Wells, ME	415	68%
31	Oak Hill High School	Wales, ME	404	64%
32	Casco Bay High School	Portland, ME	382	61%
33	Orono High School	Orono, ME	373	62%
34	Baxter Academy for Tech & Sciences	Portland, ME	355	68%
35	Robert W Traip Academy	Kittery, ME	279	62%
36	Wiscasset Middle/High School	Wiscasset, ME	257	63%
37	Ashland District School	Ashland, ME	232	62%
38	Rangeley Lakes Regional School	Rangeley, ME	198	64%
39	Monmouth Academy	Monmouth, ME	191	68%
40	Greenville Consolidated School	Greenville, ME	185	64%
41	Vinalhaven School	Vinalhaven, ME	157	66%
42	ME Sch of Science & Mathematics	Limestone, ME	102	68%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in Maine?

The largest high school in Maine is Lewiston High School in Lewiston with 1,575 students and a 48% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in Maine?

This page shows the top 42 high schools (grades 9-12) 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.