Best Schools for White Students in Maine (2026)
These are the Maine public schools where white students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested white students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.
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Elementary schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fruit Street School Bangor | 85% | 85% | 60 | A+ |
| 2 | Fourteenth Street School Bangor | 70% | 90% | 25 | A+ |
| 3 | Pond Cove Elementary Cape Elizabeth | 77% | 77% | 200 | A+ |
| 4 | Yarmouth Elementary School Yarmouth | 77% | 77% | 198 | A+ |
| 5 | Longfellow School-Portland Portland | 87% | 67% | 137 | A+ |
| 6 | Falmouth Elementary School Falmouth | 76% | 69% | 426 | A+ |
| 7 | Mary Snow School Bangor | 77% | 67% | 189 | A+ |
| 8 | Sea Road School Kennebunk | 72% | 68% | 308 | A+ |
| 9 | Abraham Lincoln School Bangor | 75% | 65% | 43 | A |
| 10 | Mildred L Day School Arundel | 72% | 67% | 127 | A+ |
| 11 | Horace Mitchell Primary School Kittery Point | 77% | 62% | 63 | A+ |
| 12 | Greely Middle School 4-5 Cumberland | 77% | 62% | 287 | A+ |
| 13 | Holden School Holden | 72% | 67% | 91 | A+ |
| 14 | Kennebunkport Consolidated Sch Kennebunkport | 77% | 62% | 85 | A+ |
| 15 | Harpswell Community School Harpswell | 72% | 62% | 78 | A+ |
| 16 | Wentworth School Scarborough | 76% | 55% | 604 | A+ |
| 17 | Asa C Adams School Orono | 67% | 62% | 100 | A+ |
| 18 | Dora L Small Elementary School South Portland | 72% | 57% | 126 | A |
| 19 | Howard C Reiche Community Sch Portland | 72% | 57% | 62 | C |
| 20 | Ocean Avenue Portland | 67% | 62% | 106 | B |
| 21 | Mapleton Elementary School Mapleton | 72% | 57% | 107 | A+ |
| 22 | Dr Levesque Elementary School Saint Agatha | 77% | 52% | 62 | A |
| 23 | Edna Libby Elementary School Standish | 65% | 65% | 58 | A |
| 24 | Coastal Ridge Elementary York | 67% | 62% | 215 | A+ |
| 25 | Mabel I Wilson School Cumberland | 62% | 62% | 121 | A |
Middle schools
High schools
| # | School | Reading | Math | Tested | Overall Repit grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ME Sch of Science & Mathematics Limestone | 95% | 95% | 31 | A+ |
| 2 | Greely High School Cumberland | 87% | 77% | 121 | A+ |
| 3 | Cape Elizabeth High School Cape Elizabeth | 92% | 72% | 107 | A+ |
| 4 | Falmouth High School Falmouth | 87% | 67% | 151 | A+ |
| 5 | Yarmouth High School Yarmouth | 87% | 62% | 90 | A+ |
| 6 | Camden Hills Regional H S Rockport | 77% | 57% | 155 | A+ |
| 7 | Portland High School Portland | 77% | 57% | 111 | B+ |
| 8 | Kennebunk High School Kennebunk | 72% | 62% | 150 | A+ |
| 9 | Brunswick High School Brunswick | 72% | 57% | 134 | A |
| 10 | Mt Desert Island High School Bar Harbor | 77% | 52% | 105 | A+ |
| 11 | Scarborough High School Scarborough | 72% | 57% | 225 | A+ |
| 12 | York High School York | 77% | 52% | 105 | A+ |
| 13 | Baxter Academy for Tech & Sciences Portland | 82% | 37% | 74 | A |
| 14 | Casco Bay High School Portland | 75% | 45% | 59 | A |
| 15 | Gorham High School Gorham | 72% | 47% | 182 | A+ |
| 16 | Marshwood High School South Berwick | 62% | 52% | 144 | A |
| 17 | Wells High School Wells | 67% | 47% | 120 | A+ |
| 18 | Maranacook Community High Sch Readfield | 67% | 47% | 80 | A+ |
| 19 | Freeport High School Freeport | 72% | 42% | 112 | A+ |
| 20 | Bangor High School Bangor | 62% | 47% | 262 | B+ |
| 21 | Robert W Traip Academy Kittery | 62% | 47% | 67 | B+ |
| 22 | Deering High School Portland | 67% | 42% | 108 | C+ |
| 23 | South Portland High School South Portland | 67% | 42% | 168 | A |
| 24 | Morse High School Bath | 67% | 42% | 105 | B+ |
| 25 | Messalonskee High School Oakland | 67% | 42% | 174 | B+ |
Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology
