Best Middle Schools in Maine (2025-26)

Ranked middle schools

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked middle 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 middle schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Frank H Harrison Middle School	Yarmouth	Yarmouth Schools	98%	86%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	380
#2	A+	Cape Elizabeth Middle School	Cape Elizabeth	Cape Elizabeth Public Schools	97%	86%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	434
#3	A+	Falmouth Middle School	Falmouth	Falmouth Public Schools	96%	86%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	440
#4	A+	Greely Middle School	Cumberland	Rsu 51/msad 51	95%	87%	Exceeds Expectations	475
#5	A+	Middle School Of The Kennebunks	Kennebunk	Rsu 21	94%	88%	Exceeds Expectations	479
#6	A	Freeport Middle School	Freeport	Rsu 05	94%	85%	Exceeds Expectations	307
#7	A	Reeds Brook Middle School	Hampden	Rsu 22	94%	87%	Exceeds Expectations	345
#8	A	York Middle School	York	York Public Schools	94%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	464
#9	A	Camden Rockport Middle School	Camden	Rsu 28/msad 28	93%	88%	Meets Expectations	358
#10	A	Marshwood Middle School	Eliot	Rsu 35/msad 35	92%	87%	Meets Expectations	472
#11	A	William S Cohen School	Bangor	Bangor Public Schools	92%	83%	Exceeds Expectations	364
#12	A	Gorham Middle School	Gorham	Gorham Public Schools	91%	80%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	641
#13	A	Gray New Gloucester Middle School	Gray	Rsu 15/msad 15	91%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	495
#14	A-	Brunswick JR High School	Brunswick	Brunswick Public Schools	90%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	518
#15	A-	Orono Middle School	Orono	Rsu 26	90%	83%	Exceeds Expectations	154
#16	A-	Saco Middle School	Saco	Saco Public Schools	90%	80%	Exceeds Expectations	585
#17	A-	Winthrop Middle School	Winthrop	Winthrop Public Schools	90%	85%	Exceeds Expectations	223
#18	A-	Philip W Sugg Middle School	Lisbon Falls	Lisbon Public Schools	89%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	290
#19	A-	Tripp Middle School	Turner	Rsu 52/msad 52	89%	84%	Exceeds Expectations	289
#20	B+	Maranacook Community Middle Sch	Readfield	Rsu 38	89%	86%	Meets Expectations	303
#21	B+	Presque Isle Middle School	Presque Isle	Rsu 79/msad 01	89%	79%	Exceeds Expectations	367
#22	B+	Samuel L Wagner Middle School	Winterport	Rsu 22	89%	84%	Meets Expectations	213
#23	B+	Scarborough Middle School	Scarborough	Scarborough Public Schools	89%	84%	Meets Expectations	670
#24	B+	Wells Junior High School	Wells	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	88%	86%	Meets Expectations	441
#25	B	China Middle School	China	Rsu 18	88%	84%	Meets Expectations	198
#26	B	Mt Jefferson JR High School	Lee	Rsu 30/msad 30	88%	80%	Exceeds Expectations	75
#27	B	Holbrook School	Holden	Rsu 63/msad 63	87%	85%	Meets Expectations	199
#28	B	Messalonskee Middle School	Oakland	Rsu 18	87%	86%	Meets Expectations	452
#29	B	Gardiner Regional Middle School	Gardiner	Rsu 11/msad 11	86%	85%	Meets Expectations	459
#30	B	Hermon Middle School	Hermon	Hermon Public Schools	86%	83%	Meets Expectations	329
#31	B	Massabesic Middle School	East Waterboro	Rsu 57/msad 57	86%	85%	Meets Expectations	623
#32	B-	Bath Middle School	Bath	Rsu 01 - Lkrsu	85%	84%	Meets Expectations	317
#33	B-	Houlton Junior High School	Houlton	Rsu 29/msad 29	85%	77%	Exceeds Expectations	308
#34	B-	Lincoln Middle School	Portland	Portland Public Schools	85%	79%	Exceeds Expectations	435
#35	B-	Telstar Middle School	Bethel	Rsu 44/msad 44	85%	71%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	172
#36	B-	Valley Rivers Middle School	Fort Kent	Msad 27	85%	77%	Exceeds Expectations	101
#37	C+	Medomak Middle School	Waldoboro	Rsu 40/msad 40	84%	78%	Exceeds Expectations	293
#38	C+	Skowhegan Area Middle School	Skowhegan	Rsu 54/msad 54	84%	81%	Meets Expectations	403
#39	C+	Lawrence JR High School	Fairfield	Rsu 49/msad 49	83%	82%	Meets Expectations	300
#40	C+	Mt Ararat Middle School	Topsham	Rsu 75/msad 75	83%	87%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	577
#41	C+	Noble Middle School	Berwick	Rsu 60/msad 60	83%	84%	Meets Expectations	432
#42	C+	Spruce Mountain Middle School	Jay	Rsu 73	83%	73%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	358
#43	C	Bonny Eagle Middle School	Buxton	Rsu 06/msad 06	83%	83%	Meets Expectations	735
#44	C	Bruce M Whittier Middle School	Poland	Rsu 16	83%	85%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	281
#45	C	Caravel Middle School	Carmel	Rsu 87/msad 23	83%	78%	Meets Expectations	203
#46	C	Hichborn Middle School	Howland	Rsu 31/msad 31	83%	84%	Meets Expectations	91
#47	C	Winslow Junior High School	Winslow	Winslow Schools	83%	81%	Meets Expectations	169
#48	C-	Bucksport Middle School	Bucksport	Rsu 25	82%	80%	Meets Expectations	282
#49	C-	Se Do Mo Cha Middle School	Dover Foxcroft	Rsu 68/msad 68	82%	80%	Meets Expectations	295
#50	C-	Troy A Howard Middle School	Belfast	Rsu 71	82%	75%	Exceeds Expectations	340
#51	C-	James F Doughty School	Bangor	Bangor Public Schools	81%	80%	Meets Expectations	364
#52	D+	Auburn Middle School	Auburn	Auburn Public Schools	80%	75%	Exceeds Expectations	501
#53	D+	Jordan Small Middle School	Raymond	Rsu 14	80%	80%	Meets Expectations	174
#54	D+	Leonard Middle School	Old Town	Rsu 34	80%	83%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	306
#55	D+	Oceanside Middle School	Thomaston	Rsu 13	80%	76%	Meets Expectations	349
#56	D+	Waterville Junior High School	Waterville	Waterville Public Schools	80%	75%	Meets Expectations	338
#57	D+	Oxford Hills Middle School	Paris	Rsu 17/msad 17	79%	76%	Meets Expectations	480
#58	D+	Warsaw Middle School	Pittsfield	Rsu 53/msad 53	79%	78%	Meets Expectations	272
#59	D	Lyman Moore Middle School	Portland	Portland Public Schools	79%	82%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	482
#60	D	Mt Blue Middle School	Farmington	Rsu 09	79%	83%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	488
#61	D	Biddeford Middle School	Biddeford	Biddeford Public Schools	78%	78%	Meets Expectations	631
#62	D	Sanford Middle School	Sanford	Sanford Public Schools	78%	81%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	939
#63	D-	Richmond Middle School	Richmond		78%	86%	Underperforms Expectations	107
#64	D-	Searsport District Middle School	Searsport	Rsu 20	78%	79%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	101
#65	D-	T W Kelly Dirigo Middle School	Dixfield	Rsu 56	78%	81%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	171
#66	D-	Westbrook Middle School	Westbrook	Westbrook Public Schools	77%	65%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	732
#67	D-	Mt View Middle School	Thorndike	Rsu 03/msad 03	76%	82%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	230
#68	D-	Windham Middle School	Windham	Rsu 14	75%	72%	Meets Expectations	562
#69	D-	Central Middle School	Corinth	Rsu 64/msad 64	74%	83%	Underperforms Expectations	233
#70	D-	Lake Region Middle School	Naples	Rsu 61/msad 61	74%	71%	Meets Expectations	404
#71	F	Cony Middle School	Augusta	Augusta Public Schools	74%	75%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	320
#72	F	Mountain Valley Middle School	Mexico	Rsu 10	74%	74%	Meets Expectations	354
#73	F	Nokomis Regional Middle School	Newport	Rsu 19	74%	78%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	544
#74	F	King Middle School	Portland	Portland Public Schools	71%	74%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	453
#75	F	Oak Hill Middle School	Sabattus	Rsu 04	70%	77%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	390
#76	F	Lewiston Middle School	Lewiston	Lewiston Public Schools	69%	63%	Exceeds Expectations	735
#77	F	Medway Middle School	Medway	Medway Public Schools	60%	76%	Underperforms Expectations	110

How Maine's middle schools compare

A: 19B: 17C: 15D: 19F: 7

47% of the 77 ranked middle schools in Maine earn an A or B (19 A grades, 17 B, 15 C, 19 D, 7 F), against 46% of middle schools nationwide. 61 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (79% here, 70% nationally), and 29 exceed it. On average 84% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 81% (national averages: 45% actual, 38% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Telstar Middle School (85% against 71%, B-), Frank H Harrison Middle School (98% against 86%, A+), Westbrook Middle School (77% against 65%, D-), Cape Elizabeth Middle School (97% against 86%, A+), Gorham Middle School (91% against 80%, A).

Cities with the most ranked middle schools: Portland (3, 1 at A or B).

The largest ranked middle schools: Sanford Middle School (939 students, D, #62), Bonny Eagle Middle School (735 students, C, #43), Lewiston Middle School (735 students, F, #76).

Middle schools in Maine that are not ranked

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

Closed schools (4)

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

A- Daniel F Mahoney Middle School, South Portland
B- Harpswell Coastal Academy Division 1, Harpswell
D+ Madison Junior High School, Madison
D- Memorial Middle School, South Portland

Not yet graded (2)

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

Day Mountain Regional Middle School, Strong
Sumner Middle Sch, Sullivan

About this ranking

Scope: every public middle 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 middle schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about middle schools in Maine

What is the best middle school in Maine?

Frank H Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth ranks first among the 77 ranked middle schools in Maine with a SchoolGrade of A+, 98% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 86%.

How are middle 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 middle schools does Maine have?

SchoolGrade grades 83 public middle schools in Maine; 77 are ranked here and 6 are listed as not ranked.