Best High Schools in Maine (2025-26)

Ranked high schools

112

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked high school in Maine, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

Maine rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools

Maine high schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Islesboro Central School (K-12)	Islesboro	Islesboro Public Schools	95%	67%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	82
#2	A	Camden Hills Regional H S	Rockport	Five Town CSD	98%	91%	Meets Expectations	719
#3	A	Cape Elizabeth High School	Cape Elizabeth	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	98%	86%	Exceeds Expectations	518
#4	A	Falmouth High School	Falmouth	Falmouth Public Schools	98%	86%	Exceeds Expectations	706
#5	A	Freeport High School	Freeport	Rsu 05	98%	83%	Exceeds Expectations	620
#6	A	Gray New Gloucester High School	Gray	Rsu 15/msad 15	98%	87%	Exceeds Expectations	601
#7	A	Hampden Academy	Hampden	Rsu 22	98%	88%	Exceeds Expectations	811
#8	A	Lisbon High School	Lisbon Falls	Lisbon Public Schools	98%	78%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	360
#9	A	Maranacook Community High Sch	Readfield	Rsu 38	98%	86%	Exceeds Expectations	355
#10	A	Mt Desert Island High School	Bar Harbor	Mt Desert CSD	98%	88%	Exceeds Expectations	495
#11	A	Robert W Traip Academy	Kittery	Kittery Public Schools	98%	77%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	279
#12	A	North Haven Community School (K-12)	North Haven	Rsu 07/msad 07	90%	75%	Exceeds Expectations	50
#13	A-	Baxter Academy For Tech And Sciences (Charter)	Portland	Baxter Academy for Technology and Science	95%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	355
#14	A-	Easton Junior Senior High Sch	Easton	Easton Public Schools	95%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	93
#15	A-	Fort Kent Community High School	Fort Kent	Msad 27	95%	86%	Exceeds Expectations	252
#16	A-	Maine Arts Academy School (Charter)	Augusta	Maine Arts Academy	95%	87%	Meets Expectations	225
#17	A-	Old Orchard Beach High School	Old Orchard Beach	Rsu 23	95%	79%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	203
#18	A-	Sumner Memorial High School	Sullivan	Rsu 24	95%	83%	Exceeds Expectations	279
#19	A-	Winthrop High School	Winthrop	Winthrop Public Schools	95%	74%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	221
#20	B+	Bangor High School	Bangor	Bangor Public Schools	94%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	1,107
#21	B+	Brunswick High School	Brunswick	Brunswick Public Schools	94%	82%	Exceeds Expectations	723
#22	B+	Hodgdon Middlehigh School	Hodgdon	Rsu 70/msad 70	94%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	209
#23	B+	Kennebunk High School	Kennebunk	Rsu 21	94%	88%	Meets Expectations	756
#24	B+	Leavitt Area High School	Turner	Rsu 52/msad 52	94%	83%	Exceeds Expectations	561
#25	B+	Medomak Valley High School	Waldoboro	Rsu 40/msad 40	94%	89%	Meets Expectations	563
#26	B+	Morse High School	Bath	Rsu 01 - Lkrsu	94%	88%	Meets Expectations	610
#27	B+	Wells High School	Wells	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	94%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	415
#28	B+	Bonny Eagle High School	Standish	Rsu 06/msad 06	92%	83%	Meets Expectations	1,021
#29	B+	Hall Dale Middle And High School	Farmingdale	Rsu 02	91%	79%	Exceeds Expectations	522
#30	B+	Old Town High School	Old Town	Rsu 34	91%	90%	Meets Expectations	536
#31	B+	Rangeley Lakes Regional School (K-12)	Rangeley	Rsu 78	88%	75%	Exceeds Expectations	198
#32	B-	Brewer High School	Brewer	Brewer Public Schools	90%	89%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	720
#33	B-	Caribou High School	Caribou	Rsu 39	90%	81%	Exceeds Expectations	470
#34	B-	Dirigo High School	Dixfield	Rsu 56	90%	86%	Meets Expectations	234
#35	B-	Gardiner Area High School	Gardiner	Rsu 11/msad 11	90%	88%	Meets Expectations	621
#36	B-	Gorham High School	Gorham	Gorham Public Schools	90%	80%	Exceeds Expectations	810
#37	B-	Greely High School	Cumberland	Rsu 51/msad 51	90%	80%	Exceeds Expectations	599
#38	B-	Hermon High School	Hermon	Hermon Public Schools	90%	81%	Exceeds Expectations	584
#39	B-	Houlton High School	Houlton	Rsu 29/msad 29	90%	69%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	346
#40	B-	Messalonskee High School	Oakland	Rsu 18	90%	89%	Meets Expectations	725
#41	B-	Mt Blue High School	Farmington	Rsu 09	90%	90%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	733
#42	B-	Orono High School	Orono	Rsu 26	90%	90%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	373
#43	B-	Oxford Hills Comprehensive H S	Paris	Rsu 17/msad 17	90%	87%	Meets Expectations	1,077
#44	B-	Schenck High School	East Millinocket	East Millinocket Public Schools	90%	80%	Exceeds Expectations	100
#45	B-	Searsport District High School	Searsport	Rsu 20	90%	66%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	133
#46	B-	Skowhegan Area High School	Skowhegan	Rsu 54/msad 54	90%	88%	Meets Expectations	719
#47	B-	Washburn District High School	Washburn	Rsu 45/msad 45	90%	85%	Meets Expectations	91
#48	B-	Westbrook High School	Westbrook	Westbrook Public Schools	90%	71%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	711
#49	B-	Winslow High School	Winslow	Winslow Schools	90%	84%	Meets Expectations	365
#50	B-	Yarmouth High School	Yarmouth	Yarmouth Schools	90%	81%	Exceeds Expectations	546
#51	B-	York High School	York	York Public Schools	90%	78%	Exceeds Expectations	516
#52	C+	Greenville Consolidated School (K-12)	Greenville	Greenville Public Schools	85%	81%	Meets Expectations	185
#53	C+	So Aroostook School (K-12)	Dyer Brook	Rsu 50	85%	73%	Exceeds Expectations	330
#54	C	Boothbay Region High School	Boothbay Harbor	Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr CSD	88%	86%	Meets Expectations	179
#55	C	Buckfield JR SR High School	Buckfield	Rsu 10	88%	79%	Meets Expectations	222
#56	C	Bucksport High School	Bucksport	Rsu 25	88%	84%	Meets Expectations	356
#57	C	Central High School	Corinth	Rsu 64/msad 64	88%	83%	Meets Expectations	330
#58	C	Ellsworth High School	Ellsworth	Ellsworth Public Schools	88%	78%	Exceeds Expectations	553
#59	C	Katahdin Middlehigh School	Stacyville	Rsu 89	88%	79%	Meets Expectations	153
#60	C	Lawrence High School	Fairfield	Rsu 49/msad 49	88%	85%	Meets Expectations	577
#61	C	Mt Abram Regional High School	Salem	Rsu 58/msad 58	88%	87%	Meets Expectations	213
#62	C	Mt View High School	Thorndike	Rsu 03/msad 03	88%	85%	Meets Expectations	315
#63	C	Nokomis Regional High School	Newport	Rsu 19	88%	86%	Meets Expectations	634
#64	C	Oak Hill High School	Wales	Rsu 04	88%	85%	Meets Expectations	404
#65	C	Penobscot Valley High School	Howland	Rsu 31/msad 31	88%	88%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	134
#66	C	Piscataquis Community Secondary School	Guilford	Rsu 80/msad 04	88%	84%	Meets Expectations	235
#67	C	Spruce Mountain High School	Jay	Rsu 73	88%	85%	Meets Expectations	408
#68	C	Telstar High School	Bethel	Rsu 44/msad 44	88%	73%	Exceeds Expectations	178
#69	C	Waterville Senior High School	Waterville	Waterville Public Schools	88%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	519
#70	C-	Belfast Area High School	Belfast	Rsu 71	85%	86%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	496
#71	C-	Dexter Regional High School	Dexter	Msad 46	85%	83%	Meets Expectations	266
#72	C-	Marshwood High School	South Berwick	Rsu 35/msad 35	85%	85%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	682
#73	C-	Mt Ararat High School	Topsham	Rsu 75/msad 75	85%	85%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	710
#74	C-	Poland Regional H S	Poland	Rsu 16	85%	83%	Meets Expectations	535
#75	C-	Presque Isle High School	Presque Isle	Rsu 79/msad 01	85%	86%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	468
#76	C-	Sanford High School	Sanford	Sanford Public Schools	85%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,065
#77	C-	South Portland High School	South Portland	South Portland Public Schools	85%	82%	Meets Expectations	1,019
#78	C-	Stearns JR SR High School	Millinocket	Millinocket Public Schools	85%	83%	Meets Expectations	218
#79	D+	Noble High School	North Berwick	Rsu 60/msad 60	84%	82%	Meets Expectations	1,201
#80	D	Biddeford High School	Biddeford	Biddeford Public Schools	83%	81%	Meets Expectations	712
#81	D	Calais Middlehigh School	Calais	Calais Public Schools	83%	65%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	325
#82	D	Cony	Augusta	Augusta Public Schools	83%	89%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	685
#83	D	Edward Little High School	Auburn	Auburn Public Schools	83%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,007
#84	D	Fort Fairfield Middlehigh School	Fort Fairfield	Rsu 86/msad 20	83%	74%	Exceeds Expectations	270
#85	D	Madawaska Middlehigh School	Madawaska	Madawaska Public Schools	83%	80%	Meets Expectations	181
#86	D	Oceanside High School	Rockland	Rsu 13	83%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	525
#87	D	Scarborough High School	Scarborough	Scarborough Public Schools	83%	80%	Meets Expectations	907
#88	D	Woodland JR SR High School	Baileyville	Baileyville Public Schools	83%	71%	Exceeds Expectations	182
#89	D-	Ashland District School (K-12)	Ashland	Rsu 32/msad 32	83%	84%	Meets Expectations	232
#90	D-	East Grand School (K-12)	Danforth	Rsu 84/msad 14	83%	75%	Meets Expectations	135
#91	D-	Forest Hills Consolidated School (K-12)	Jackman	Rsu 82/msad 12	83%	76%	Meets Expectations	157
#92	D-	Carrabec High School	North Anson	Rsu 74/msad 74	80%	79%	Meets Expectations	174
#93	D-	Deer Isle Stonington High Sch	Deer Isle	Deer Isle-Stonington CSD	80%	84%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	115
#94	D-	Maine Academy Of Natural Sciences (Charter)	Hinckley	Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	80%	55%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	173
#95	D-	Massabesic High School	Waterboro	Rsu 57/msad 57	80%	84%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	910
#96	D-	Mattanawcook Academy	Lincoln	Rsu 67	80%	84%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	308
#97	D-	Monmouth Academy	Monmouth	Rsu 02	80%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	191
#98	D-	Narraguagus High School	Harrington	Rsu 37/msad 37	80%	79%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	331
#99	D-	Sacopee Valley High Sch	Hiram	Rsu 55/msad 55	80%	85%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	288
#100	D-	Wisdom Middle High School	Saint Agatha	Rsu 33/msad 33	80%	81%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	100
#101	D-	Central Aroostook JR SR	Mars Hill	Rsu 42/msad 42	78%	79%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	172
#102	D-	Deering High School	Portland	Portland Public Schools	78%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	750
#103	D-	Lake Region High School	Naples	Rsu 61/msad 61	78%	82%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	528
#104	D-	Wiscasset Middlehigh School	Wiscasset	Wiscasset Public Schools	78%	83%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	257
#105	F	Lewiston High School	Lewiston	Lewiston Public Schools	75%	58%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	1,575
#106	F	Mountain Valley High School	Rumford	Rsu 10	75%	80%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	388
#107	F	Richmond High School	Richmond		75%	84%	Underperforms Expectations	131
#108	F	Shead High School	Eastport	Eastport Public Schools	75%	73%	Meets Expectations	77
#109	F	Van Buren District Secondary Sch	Van Buren	Rsu 88/msad 24	75%	69%	Meets Expectations	56
#110	F	Vinalhaven School (K-12)	Vinalhaven	Rsu 08/msad 08	75%	76%	Meets Expectations	157
#111	F	Windham High School	Windham	Rsu 14	75%	74%	Meets Expectations	978
#112	F	Machias Memorial High School	Machias	Machias Public Schools	68%	75%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	173

How Maine's high schools compare

A: 19B: 32C: 27D: 26F: 8

46% of the 112 ranked high schools in Maine earn an A or B (19 A grades, 32 B, 27 C, 26 D, 8 F), against 50% of high schools nationwide. 86 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (77% here, 74% nationally), and 43 exceed it. On average 87% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 81% (national averages: 44% actual, 41% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Deering High School (78% against 35%, D-), Islesboro Central School (95% against 67%, A+), Maine Academy Of Natural Sciences (80% against 55%, D-), Searsport District High School (90% against 66%, B-), Robert W Traip Academy (98% against 77%, A).

The largest ranked high schools: Lewiston High School (1,575 students, F, #105), Noble High School (1,201 students, D+, #79), Bangor High School (1,107 students, B+, #20).

Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 2 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

High schools in Maine that are not ranked

12 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Fully online schools (2)

Statewide virtual schools draw students from everywhere, so a place ranking is not a fair comparison.

A Maine Connections Academy, Scarborough
C Maine Virtual Academy, Augusta

Closed schools (2)

NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.

F Harpswell Coastal Academy Divisions 2 And 3, Harpswell
D- Madison Area Memorial H S, Madison

Not yet graded (8)

Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.

Arthur R. Gould Sch--lcydc, South Portland
Casco Bay High School, Portland
Ecology Learning Ctr, Unity
Jonesport Beals High School, Jonesport
Maine Ocean School, Searsport
Me Sch Of Science And Mathematics, Limestone
Overman Academy, Skowhegan
Portland High School, Portland

About this ranking

Scope: every public high school in Maine.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about high schools in Maine

What is the best high school in Maine?

Islesboro Central School in Islesboro ranks first among the 112 ranked high schools in Maine with a SchoolGrade of A+, 95% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 67%.

How are high schools in Maine ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many high schools does Maine have?

SchoolGrade grades 124 public high schools in Maine; 112 are ranked here and 12 are listed as not ranked.