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2007-2008 SUMMARY OF MAINE SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Maine has 290 school administrative units that are comprised of 492 municipalities. Click here for Definitions These school administrative units are served by 162 Superintendent of schools in 174 administrative offices. There are 50 administrative offices that serve more than one school administrative unit and 9 superintendents that serve more than one administrative office. |
School Administrative Unit |
Number of School
Admin. Units |
Number of
Municipalities |
S. A.U.s under Individual Supervision -- PDF - RTF |
81 |
81 |
Community School Districts -- PDF - RTF |
15 |
49 |
School Administrative Districts -- PDF - RTF |
72 |
267 |
S. A. U.s in Unions (including Maine Indian Education) -- PDF - RTF |
122 |
122 |
T O T A L S * |
290 |
492 * |
* 27 municipalities belong to more than one type of school administrative unit structure --
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4 municipalities are members of two separate community school districts;
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2 municipalities are members of a school administrative district and a community school district;
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1 municipality is a school administrative unit under individual supervision for grades K-8 and a member of a community school district for grades 9-12;
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the remaining 20 municipalities are school administrative units in school unions and are members of a community school district.
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There are 796 schools in Maine--670 public and 126 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-Grade 12) |
Public |
Private |
Total |
670 |
126 |
796 |
Grades Included |
School/Grade Identifier |
Public |
Private |
Total |
K-8 |
Elementary Schools |
543 |
105 |
648 |
9-12 |
Secondary Schools [Public count includes (19) CTE Centers; (8) CTE Regions; (4) State Funded Schools; and (2) Special Education/Alternative Education Schools] |
151 |
66
(Includes Big 11) |
217 |
7-12 |
Junior-Senior High Schools |
353 |
99 |
452 |
5-8 |
Junior High/Middle Schools |
430 |
85 |
515 |
5-12 |
Junior High/Middle & High Schools |
556 |
106 |
662 |
Big-11 |
Private Non-sectarian with 60% or more publicly-funded students. |
10 |
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Nontraditional Limited Purpose Schools |
7 |
4Y0-4 |
Schools that have Early Kindergarten/4-Year-Olds Program thru Grade 4 |
434 |
88 |
522 |
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