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DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS (S.A.U.s) IN MAINE
School Year 1999-2000 No. of Local
Adm. Units		 Number of
Municipalities
Cities & Towns with Individual Supervision 47

47

School Administrative Districts 73

274

Community School Districts 14 46
S.A.U.s in Unions (including Maine Indian Education) 127 127
Towns under District Superintendents & Agents of the Commissioner 25 25
T O T A L S 286     493 *

      * 26 municipalities belong to more than one type of school administrative unit structure --
  2 municipalities are members of two separate Community School Districts; 2 municipalities are members of a School Administrative District and a Community School District; the remaining 22 municipalities are school administrative units in school unions plus are members of a Community School District.

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DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS IN MAINE BY TYPE

Public

Private

Totals
H High Schools [1 charter school (Maine Sch. of Science & Mathematics) counted under public] 96 19 115
I Junior-Senior High Schools
[1 state-funded (Arthur R. Gould School) counted under public]		 18 4 22
J Junior High/Middle Schools 98  0 98
S Special Education Schools 3 16 19
C Combined Elementary & Secondary Schools
[1 state-funded (Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf) counted under public]		 11 9 20
E Elementary Schools 469 61 529
V Technology Centers (19) and Technology Regions (8) 27 0 27 
T O T A L S 722  109 831

SUMMARY OF SCHOOLS IN MAINE

Public

Private

Totals
Elementary Schools
(any grade combination from kindergarten to grade 8) 		569 66 634
Combined Elementary & Secondary Schools (any grade combination which includes both elementary & secondary grades) 30 23 53
Secondary Schools (any grade combination from grade 9 to grade 12) [Includes 19 technology centers & 8 technology regions in public count.] 123 20 143
T O T A L S 722 109 831