Best Middle Schools in Maine

The top 37 middle schools (grades 6-8) in Maine, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Buxton, ME	735	66%
2	Scarborough Middle School	Scarborough, ME	670	64%
3	Gorham Middle School	Gorham, ME	641	64%
4	Windham Middle School	Windham, ME	562	69%
5	Winslow Elementary School	Winslow, ME	535	64%
6	Brunswick Jr High School	Brunswick, ME	518	65%
7	Gray-New Gloucester Middle School	Gray, ME	495	68%
8	Middle School of the Kennebunks	Kennebunk, ME	479	66%
9	Greely Middle School	Cumberland, ME	475	77%
10	Marshwood Middle School	Eliot, ME	472	70%
11	York Middle School	York, ME	464	74%
12	Falmouth Middle School	Falmouth, ME	440	74%
13	Cape Elizabeth Middle School	Cape Elizabeth, ME	434	69%
14	Daniel F. Mahoney Middle School	South Portland, ME	424	63%
15	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Yarmouth, ME	380	75%
16	Presque Isle Middle School	Presque Isle, ME	367	62%
17	William S. Cohen School	Bangor, ME	364	62%
18	Conners-Emerson School	Bar Harbor, ME	333	66%
19	Woolwich Central School	Woolwich, ME	304	71%
20	Maranacook Community Middle Sch	Readfield, ME	303	70%
21	Bruce M Whittier Middle School	Poland, ME	281	64%
22	Loranger Memorial School	Old Orchard Beach, ME	279	62%
23	Acadia Academy School	Lewiston, ME	248	67%
24	Acton Elementary School	Acton, ME	246	68%
25	Blue Hill Consolidated School	Blue Hill, ME	243	65%
26	St George School	Tenants Harbor, ME	209	63%
27	Holbrook School	Holden, ME	199	65%
28	Fiddlehead School of Arts & Science	Gray, ME	192	63%
29	Bristol Consolidated School	Pemaquid, ME	186	63%
30	Jordan-Small Middle School	Raymond, ME	174	68%
31	Orono Middle School	Orono, ME	154	62%
32	Mt Desert Elementary School	Northeast Harbor, ME	153	66%
33	Surry Elementary School	Surry, ME	144	69%
34	Lamoine Consolidated School	Lamoine, ME	126	69%
35	Edgecomb Eddy School	Edgecomb, ME	107	74%
36	Richmond Middle School	Richmond, ME	107	63%
37	Valley Rivers Middle School	Fort Kent, ME	101	63%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best middle school in Maine?

The largest middle school in Maine is Bonny Eagle Middle School in Buxton with 735 students and a 66% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many middle schools are in Maine?

This page shows the top 37 middle schools (grades 6-8) 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.