Dist. of Loc. Educ. Agencies

* 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.
Maine has 286 school administrative units that are comprised of 492 municipalities. Click here for Definitions These school administrative units are served by 157 Superintendent of Schools' Offices; 48 offices serve more than one school administrative unit and 3 superintendents serve more than one office.
School Administrative Unit	Number of School Admin. Units	Number of Municipalities
Cities & Towns with Individual Supervision	47	47
Community School Districts	14	45
School Administrative Districts	73	273
S.A.U.s in Unions (including Maine Indian Education)	127	127
Towns under School Agent Supervision	25	25
T O T A L S *	286	492 *


There are 818 schools in Maine--697 public and 121 private. According to Maine Statute an Elementary school means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of kindergarten through grade 8. A Secondary school means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of grades 9 through 12. Listed below are totals in a variety of grade combinations that are commonly requested by the general public. Note a school count may be included in more than one grade combination.
TOTAL SCHOOLS (K-12)		Public	Private	Total
TOTAL SCHOOLS (K-12)		697	121	818
Grades Included	School/Grade Identifier	Public	Private	Total
9-12	Secondary Schools [Public count includes (19) Technology Centers; (8) Technology Regions; (9) Alternative/Special Education Schools; and (4) State Funded Schools.]	158	51	209
7-12	Junior-Senior High Schools	368	86	454
5-8	Junior High/Middle Schools	453	72	525
5-12	Junior High/Middle & High Schools	581	95	676
Big-11	Private Non-sectarian with 60% or more publicly-funded students.			11
Special	Schools that have Special Education	151	26	177
PK-4	Schools that have Early Kindergarten/4-Year-Olds Program thru Grade 4	454	87	541