Dist. of Loc. Educ. Agencies

DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS (S.A.U.s) IN MAINE
School Year 2000-2001	No. of Local Adm. Units	Number of Municipalities
Cities & Towns with Individual Supervision	47	47
Community School Districts	14	46
School Administrative Districts	73	274
S.A.U.s in Unions (including Maine Indian Education)	127	127
Towns under School Agent Supervision	24	24
T O T A L S *	285	492 *
* 27 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; 1 municipality is under an Agent of the Commissioners and a member of a Community School District; the remaining 22 municipalities are school administrative units in school unions and are members of a Community School District.

Code	DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOLS IN MAINE BY TYPE	Public	Private	Totals
C	Combined Elementary & Secondary Schools [1 state-funded (Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf) counted under public]	11	10	21
E	Elementary Schools	462	61	523
H	High Schools [1 charter school (Maine Sch. of Science & Mathematics) counted under public]	97	22	119
I	Junior-Senior High Schools [1 state-funded (Arthur R. Gould School) counted under public]	19	3	22
J	Junior High/Middle Schools	99	0	99
S	Special Education Schools	2	18	20
V	Technology Centers (19) and Technology Regions (8)	27	0	27
	T O T A L S	717	114	831

SUMMARY OF SCHOOLS IN MAINE	Public	Private	Totals
Combined Elementary & Secondary Schools (any grade combination which includes both elementary & secondary grades)	30	25	55
Elementary Schools (any grade combination from kindergarten to grade 8)	562	66	628
Secondary Schools (any grade combination from grade 9 to grade 12) [Includes 19 technology centers & 8 technology regions in public count.]	125	23	148
T O T A L S	717	114	831