This is a list of school districts in Maine.
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; Regional School Units; 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.[1]
School Departments[edit]
School Departments serve a single town or city. Some school systems may style themselves as a "school district," others as a "school department."[2]
A–C[edit]
- Acton School Department
- Alexander School Department
- Andover School Department
- Appleton School Department
- Athens School Department
- Auburn School Department
- Augusta School Department
- Baileyville School Department
- Bangor School Department
- Bar Harbor School Department
- Baring Plantation School Department
- Beals School Department
- Beaver Cove School Department
- Beddington School Department
- Biddeford School Department
- Blue Hill School Department
- Bowerbank School Department
- Bremen School Department
- Brewer School Department
- Bridgewater School Department
- Brighton Plantation School Department
- Bristol School Department
- Brooklin School Department
- Brooksville School Department
- Brunswick School Department
- Burlington School Department
- Byron School Department
- Calais School Department
- Cape Elizabeth School Department
- Caratunk School Department
- Carrabassett Valley School Department
- Carroll Plantation School Department
- Castine School Department
- Caswell School Department
- Charlotte School Department
- Chebeague Island School Department
- Cherryfield School Department
- Cooper School Department
- Coplin Plantation School Department
- Cranberry Isles School Department
- Crawford School Department
- Cutler School Department
D–H[edit]
- Damariscotta School Department
- Dayton School Department
- Deblois School Department
- Dedham School Department
- Dennistown Plantation School Department
- Dennysville School Department
- Drew Plantation School Department
- Eagle Lake School Department
- East Machias School Department
- East Millinocket School Department
- Easton School Department
- Eastport School Department
- Edgecomb School Department
- Ellsworth School Department
- Eustis School Department
- Falmouth School Department
- Fayette School Department
- Frenchboro School Department
- Georgetown School Department
- Gilead School Department
- Glenburn School Department
- Glenwood Plantation School Department
- Gorham School Department
- Grand Isle School Department
- Grand Lake Stream Plantation School Department
- Greenbush School Department
- Greenville School Department
- Hancock School Department
- Harmony School Department
- Hermon School Department
- Highland Plantation School Department
- Hope School Department
I–O[edit]
- Isle au Haut School Department
- Islesboro School Department
- Jefferson School Department
- Jonesboro School Department
- Jonesport School Department
- Kingsburg Plantation School Department
- Kittery School Department
- Lake View Plantation School Department
- Lakeville School Department
- Lamoine School Department
- Lewiston School Department
- Limestone School Department
- Lincoln Plantation School Department
- Lincolnville School Department
- Lisbon School Department
- Long Island School Department
- Lowell School Department
- Machias School Department
- Machiasport School Department
- Macwahoc Plantation School Department
- Madawaska School Department
- Marshfield School Department
- Meddybemps School Department
- Medford School Department
- Medway School Department
- Milford School Department
- Millinocket School Department
- Minot School Department
- Monhegan Plantation School Department
- Moro Plantation School Department
- Mount Desert School Department
- Nashville Plantation School Department
- New Sweden School Department
- Newcastle School Department
- Nobleboro School Department
- Northfield School Department
- Northport School Department
- Orient School Department
- Orrington School Department
- Otis School Department
P–Z[edit]
- Pembroke School Department
- Penobscot School Department
- Perry School Department
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation School Department
- Portage Lake School Department
- Portland School Department
- Princeton School Department
- Reed Plantation School Department
- Robbinston School Department
- Rogue Bluff School Department
- Saco School Department
- Sanford School Department
- Scarborough School Department
- Sebago School Department
- Seboeis Plantation School Department
- Sedgwick School Department
- Shirley School Department
- South Bristol School Department
- South Portland School Department
- Southport School Department
- Southwest Harbor School Department
- St. George School Department
- Surry School Department
- Talmadge School Department
- The Forks Plantation School Department
- Tremont School Department
- Trenton School Department
- Upton School Department
- Vanceboro School Department
- Vassalboro School Department
- Veazie School Department
- Waite School Department
- Waterville School Department
- Wesley School Department
- West Bath School Department
- West Forks Plantation School Department
- Westbrook School Department
- Westmanland School Department
- Whiting School Department
- Whitneyville School Department
- Willimantic School Department
- Winslow School Department
- Winterville Plantation School Department
- Winthrop School Department
- Wiscasset School Department
- Woodland School Department
- Woodville School Department
- Yarmouth School Department
- York School Department
School Administrative Districts[edit]
School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more municipalities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students. As of 2021[update], 184 cities and towns were served by 52 S.A.D.s, numbered 1 to 76 with numbers 2, 5, 9, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 47, 48, 50, 56, 62, 66, 67, 69, 71, and 73 skipped.[2]
Regional School Units[edit]
Starting in 2008, smaller school districts around the state were required to combine into Regional School Units (RSUs) or pay a hefty penalty.[3]
Community School Districts[edit]
Community School Districts (C.S.D.s) in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels.[2]
- Airline Community School District – Amherst, Aurora, Great Pond, Osborn
- Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District – Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor
- Deer Isle-Stonington Community School District – Deer Isle, Stonington
- East Range Community School District – Topsfield
- Five Town Community School District – Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport
- Great Salt Bay Community School District – Bremen, Damariscotta, Newcastle
- Moosabec Community School District – Beals, Jonesport
- Mount Desert Community School District – Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont
- Wells-Ogunquit Community School District – Ogunquit, Wells
Unions of Towns[edit]
In Unions of Towns, two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate.[4]
- School Union 60 – Beaver Cove, Greenville
- School Union 69 – Appleton, Hope, Lincolnville
- School Union 76 – Brooklin, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, Stonington
- School Union 93 – Blue Hill, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Surry
- School Union 103 – Beals, Jonesport
- School Union 122 – New Sweden, Westmanland, Woodland
Indian Schools[edit]
The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.
Unorganized Territory[edit]
In unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Types of School Administrative Units in Maine, Maine Department of Education, retrieved 2008-05-29
- ^ a b c d "SAU and Town Cross Reference". 2021.
- ^ Ricker, Nok-Noi (January 28, 2009). "10 towns shoot down RSU 15 consolidation". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
- ^ "UNION COMMITTEES AND COMBINED BOARDS FY 2021-22 INFORMATION" (PDF).
