This is a list of school districts in Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

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Public school systems in Maine are in several types of school administrative units: Cities which have their own School Departments, also known as cities with individual supervision; School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more cities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students; Community School Districts (C.S.D.s) in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels, Unions of Towns, in which two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate, and, in unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.

The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.

Starting in 2008, smaller school districts around the state were required to combine into Regional School Units

Regional school unit (Maine)

A regional school unit is a type of school district in Maine.They were created starting in 2008 pursuant to a change in Maine Law that attempted to save on administrative costs by consolidating Maine's many school districts into larger districts...

 (RSUs) or pay a hefty penalty.

School Departments

School Departments serve a single town or city. Some school systems may style themselves as a "school district," others as a "school department."

List is from: CITIES AND TOWNS WITH INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISON, April 10, 2008.

A-C

• Acton School Department
• Alexander School Department
• Alna School Department
• Alton School Department
• Arundel School Department
• Auburn School Department
• Augusta School Department
• Bangor School Department
• Bath School Department
  Bath School Department
  The Bath School Department in Bath, Maine, consists of five public schools: Huse Kindergarten Center, Dike-Knewell Elementary, Fisher-Mitchell, Bath Middle School and Morse High School. As of 2006, the Bath School Department served 1,073 students....
  
  
• Beddington School Department
• Biddeford School Department
• Bowerbank School Department
• Brewer School Department
• Bridgewater School Department
• Brunswick School Department
• Bucksport School Department
• Cape Elizabeth School Department
• Caratunk School Department
• Caribou School Department
• Carrabassett Valley School Department
• Caswell School Department
• Chebeague Island School Department
• Coplin Plaintation School Department
• Cranberry Isles School Department

D-H

• Deblois School Department
• Dedham School Department
• Dennistown Plantation School Department
• Dresden School Department
• East Machias School Department
• Easton School Department
• Ellsworth School Department
• Falmouth School Department
• Fayette School Department
• Franklin School Department
• Freeport School Department
• Gilead School Department
• Glenburn School Department
• Glenwood Plantation School Department
• Gorham School Department
• Grand Isle School Department
• Hanover School Department
• Harmony School Department
• Hermon School Department
• Hersey School Department
• Highland Plantation School Department

I-O

• Isle au Haut School Department
• Islesboro School Department
  Islesboro Central School
  Islesboro Central School is a public K-12 school located in Islesboro, Maine. It is the only school on the island.-History :Islesboro Central School was built in 1928 as a summer cottage by Mrs. J.T. Atterbury. The cottage was built for approximately $225,000 on a twenty-one acre site on Warren...
  
  
• Jay School Department
• Kittery School Department
• Lake View Plantation School Department
• Lewiston School Department
• Limestone School Department
• Long Island School Department
• Lowell School Department
• Madawaska School Department
  Madawaska School Department
  Madawaska School DepartmentThe Madawaska School Department in Madawaska, Maine serves the area of Madawaska, St. David, and Grand Isle. There are two schools that serve the student population, the Madawaska Elementary School and the Madawaska Middle/High School.----Madawaska Elementary Schoolis...
  
  
• Maine Educational Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  Maine School of Science and Mathematics
  The Maine School of Science and Mathematics is a residential magnet high school in Limestone, Maine.MSSM serves students from all over the State of Maine, as well as youth from other states and international students. It is a high school for students in grades 9-12, and its summer program is for...
  
  
• Manchester School Department
• Maranacook Central School District
• Mechanic Falls School Department
• Medford School Department
• Milford School Department
• Millinocket School Department
• Minot School Department
• Monhegan Plantation School Department
• Monmouth School Department
• Moro Plantation School Department
• Mount Desert Central School District
• Mount Desert School Department
• Mount Vernon School Department
• Mountain View Youth Development Center
• Nashville Plantation School Department
• New Sweden School Department
• Nobleboro School Department
• Old Orchard Beach School Department
• Old Town School Department
• Orland School Department
• Orrington School Department

P-Z

• Pleasant Ridge Plantation School Department
• Portland School Department
• Raymond School Department
• Richmond School Department
• Sabattus School Department
• Sanford School Department
• Scarborough School Department
• Seboeis Plantation School Department
• South Portland School Department
• The Forks Plantation School Department
• Upton School Department
• Waterville School Department
• West Forks Plantation School Department
• Westbrook School Department
• Westport Island School Department
• Windham School Department
• Winthrop School Department
• Wiscasset School Department
• Yarmouth School District
  Yarmouth Schools (Maine)
  Yarmouth Schools is a school district in Yarmouth, Maine. The schools are: William H. Rowe School , Yarmouth Elementary School , Harrison Middle School , and the Yarmouth High School...
  
  
• York School Department

School Administrative Districts

School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more municipalities

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 who cooperatively provide education to all of their students. As of April 2008, 267 cities and towns were served by 72 S.A.D.s, numbered 1 to 76 with numbers 2, 66, 69, and 73 skipped.

List is from: MUNICIPALITIES IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS, April 10, 2008. The original source shows the counties and cities in each M.S.A.D.

MSAD 1-19

• M.S.A.D. 1
  Maine School Administrative District 1
  Maine School Administrative District 1 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Castle Hill, Chapman, Mapleton, Presque Isle and Westfield. -References:...
  
  
• Skipped M.S.A.D. 2
• M.S.A.D. 3
  Maine School Administrative District 3
  Maine School Administrative District 3 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 4
  Maine School Administrative District 4
  Maine School Administrative District 4 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, and Wellington....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 5 is now RSU 13 with M.S.A.D 50
• M.S.A.D. 6
  Maine School Administrative District 6
  Maine School Administrative District 6 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Buxton, Hollis, Standish, Limington, and Frye Island.-High schools:* Bonny Eagle High School -Middle schools:*...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 7
  Maine School Administrative District 7
  Maine School Administrative District 7 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the town of North Haven....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 8
  Maine School Administrative District 8
  Maine School Administrative District 8 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the town of Vinalhaven....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 9
  Maine School Administrative District 9
  Maine School Administrative District 9 is a regional school district in Franklin County, Maine. It services children grades K-12 with one high school , one middle school and four elementary schools from Wilton, Maine; Farmington, Maine; Weld, Maine; Temple, Maine; Chesterville, Maine; New...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 10
• M.S.A.D. 11
  Maine School Administrative District 11
  MSAD 11 serves the communities of Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph and West Gardiner....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 12
  Maine School Administrative District 12
  Maine School Administrative District 12 is an operating school district within Somerset County Maine, covering the towns of Jackman and Moose River....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 13
  Maine School Administrative District 13
  Maine School Administrative District 13 is an operating school district within Somerset County Maine, covering the towns of Bingham and Moscow....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 14
• M.S.A.D. 15
  Maine School Administrative District 15
  The Maine School Administrative District 15 is a public school district that operates three elementary schools , one middle school and one high school in Cumberland County in the U.S. state of Maine. The school system serves the towns of Gray, Maine and New Gloucester, Maine. The school system is...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 16
• M.S.A.D. 17
• M.S.A.D. 18
• M.S.A.D. 19

MSAD 20-39

• M.S.A.D. 20
• M.S.A.D. 21
• M.S.A.D. 22
  Maine School Administrative District 22
  The Maine School Administrative District 22 is a school district in Maine, serving residents of the towns of Hampden, Newburgh, and Winterport.-Elementary schools:*Leroy H. Smith School in Winterport*Earl McGraw School in Hampden...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 23
• M.S.A.D. 24
• M.S.A.D. 25
• M.S.A.D. 26
• M.S.A.D. 27
• M.S.A.D. 28
• M.S.A.D. 29
• M.S.A.D. 30
• M.S.A.D. 31
  Maine School Administrative District 31
  School Administrative Unit 31, or SAU 31 is a school district that serves the towns of Lowell, Burlington, Edinburg, Enfield, Howland, Maxfield, and Passadumkeag. A total of 3 schools are managed in the school district, and there is a total number of 652 students between the 3 schools. The...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 32
• M.S.A.D. 33
• M.S.A.D. 34
• M.S.A.D. 35
• M.S.A.D. 36 (Now RSU#36- But soon to consolidate with the Jay School District)
• M.S.A.D. 37
• M.S.A.D. 39

MSAD 40-59

• M.S.A.D. 40
  Maine School Administrative District 40
  Maine School Administrative District #40 comprises the public education services for students in Friendship, Union, Warren, Washington and Waldoboro...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 41
• M.S.A.D. 42
• M.S.A.D. 43
• M.S.A.D. 44
  Maine School Administrative District 44
  Maine School Administrative District 44 is a school district containing the towns of Andover, Bethel, Gilead, Greenwood, Newry, and Woodstock, in Oxford County, Maine.The school district is composed of the following schools:...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 45
  Maine School Administrative District 45
  Maine School Administrative District 45 is a public school district in the U.S. state of Maine. It encompasses the rural Aroostook County towns of Washburn, Wade, and Perham. The school district was recently cited by public education watchdogs for their involvement in a gradeschool fightclub....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 46
  Maine School Administrative District 46
  Maine School Administrative District 46 is a school district that serves the towns of Dexter, Exeter, Ripley and Garland, Maine. It is located in Penobscot County which is also known as the "Maine Highlands"...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 47
• M.S.A.D. 48 is now RSU #19
• M.S.A.D. 49
  Maine School Administrative District 49
  Maine School Administrative District 49 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Albion, Benton, Clinton and Fairfield....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 50
• M.S.A.D. 51
  Maine School Administrative District 51
  The Maine School Administrative District 51 operates four public schools in Cumberland, Maine and North Yarmouth, Maine. The district has 163 teachers serving 2,320 students...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 52
  Maine School Administrative District 52
  Maine School Administrative District 52 is a school district containing the towns of Turner, Greene, and Leeds, Maine.The school district is composed of the following schools:*Greene Central School*Leeds Central School...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 53
  Maine School Administrative District 53
  Maine School Administrative District 53 is an operating school district within Maine, covering the towns of Burnham, Detroit and Pittsfield....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 54
  Maine School Administrative District 54
  Maine School Administrative District 54 is an operating school district within Somerset County, Maine, covering the towns of Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville, and Norridgewock....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 55
• M.S.A.D. 56
• M.S.A.D. 57
• M.S.A.D. 58
• M.S.A.D. 59
  Maine School Administrative District 59
  Maine School Administrative District 59 is an operating school district within Somerset County, Maine, covering the towns of Athens, Brighton Plantation, Madison and Starks....
  
  

MSAD 60-76

• M.S.A.D. 60
• M.S.A.D. 61
• M.S.A.D. 62
• M.S.A.D. 63
  Maine School Administrative District 63
  Maine School Administrative District 63 is an operating school district within Penobscot County, Maine, covering the towns of Holden, Eddington, and Clifton....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 64
• M.S.A.D. 65
• skipped M.S.A.D. 66
• M.S.A.D. 67
• M.S.A.D. 68
  Maine School Administrative District 68
  Maine School Administrative District 68 consists of two public schools in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The district serves the towns of Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, Sebec, Charleston, and smaller communities. Students are often bussed in from these outlying towns. It is the largest of four school districts...
  
  
• skipped M.S.A.D. 69
• M.S.A.D. 70
• M.S.A.D. 71
  Maine School Administrative District 71
  Maine School Administrative District 71 is a school district containing the towns of Kennebunk, Maine and Kennebunkport, Maine. It currently provides 5 schools for the children within its boundaries:...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 72
• skipped M.S.A.D. 73
• M.S.A.D. 74
  Maine School Administrative District 74
  Maine School Administrative District 74 is an operating school district within Somerset County, Maine, covering the towns of Anson, Embden, New Portland, North Anson and Solon....
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 75
  Maine School Administrative District 75
  Maine School Administrative District 75 operates six elementary schools , one middle school and one high school in Cumberland and Sagadahoc Counties in the U.S. state of Maine. The district has 266 teachers serving 3,444 students.-Schools:Note: Based on district web site July...
  
  
• M.S.A.D. 76
• M.S.A.D. 77

Community School Districts

Community School Districts (C.S.D.s) in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels.

List is from: MUNICIPALITIES IN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, April 10, 2008. The original source shows the cities in each C.S.D.

• Airline Community School District
• Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr Community School District
• Deer Isle-Stonington Community School District
• East Range Community School District
• Five Town Community School District
• Flanders Bay Community School District
• Great Salt Bay Community School District
• Maranacook Community School District
• Moosabec Community School District
• Mount Desert Community School District
• Oak Hill Community School District
• Peninsula Community School District
• Schoodic Community School District
• Southern Aroostook Community School District
• Wells-Ogunquit Community School District
  Wells-Ogunquit Community School District
  The Wells-Ogunquit Community School District provides education for students of all ages in the coastal southern Maine towns of Wells and Ogunquit.-History:...
  
  

Unions of Towns

In Unions of Towns, two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate.

List is from: MUNICIPALITIES IN UNIONS, April 10, 2008. The original source shows the cities or Indian Reservations in each School Union.

• School Union 07
• School Union 29
• School Union 30
• School Union 37
• School Union 42
• School Union 44
• School Union 47
  School Union 47
  School Union 47 covers five towns in the state of Maine. Included in Union 47 is Arrowsic, Georgetown, Phippsburg, West Bath and Woolwich, Maine. All towns have schools serving grades K–6, with the exception of Woolwich, which serves grades K–8. Union 47's population, as of 2006, is...
  
  
• School Union 49
• School Union 52
• School Union 60
• School Union 69
• School Union 74
• School Union 76
• School Union 87
• School Union 90
• School Union 92
• School Union 93
• School Union 96
• School Union 98
• School Union 102
• School Union 103
• School Union 104
• School Union 106
• School Union 107
• School Union 108
• School Union 110
• School Union 113
• School Union 122
• School Union 132
• School Union 133
• School Union 134

Indian Schools

The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.

• Maine Indian Education

Unorganized Territory

In unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.

EDUCATION IN THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY, April 10, 2008, shows the schools in each township.

• Education in the unorganized territory (Maine)

External links

• Maine Department of Education