Updated 9/9/05 ... scm

2004-2005 SUMMARY OF MAINE SCHOOL SYSTEMS

* 27 municipalities belong to more than one type of school administrative unit structure -- 4 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 Commissioner and a member of a Community School District; the remaining 20 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 490 municipalities. Click here for Definitions These school administrative units are served by 152 Superintendent of schools' Offices; 48 offices serve more than one school administrative unit and 4 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	15	45
School Administrative Districts	73	273
S.A.U.s in Unions (including Maine Indian Education)	125	125
Towns under School Agent Supervision	26	26
T O T A L S *	286	492 *


There are 812 schools in Maine--689 public and 123 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 (4-Yr-Olds-12)		Public	Private	Total
TOTAL SCHOOLS (4-Yr-Olds-12)		689	123	812
Grades Included	School/Grade Identifier	Public	Private	Total
K-8	Elementary Schools	564	99	663
9-12	Secondary Schools [Public count includes (19) Technology Centers; (8) Technology Regions; (9) Alternative/Special Education Schools; and (4) State Funded Schools.]	158	54 (Includes Big 11)	212
7-12	Junior-Senior High Schools	360	91	451
5-8	Junior High/Middle Schools	454	76	530
5-12	Junior High/Middle & High Schools	578	100	678
Big-11	Private Non-sectarian with 60% or more publicly-funded students.			11
4Y0-4	Schools that have Early Kindergarten/4-Year-Olds Program thru Grade 4	450	87	537