| State of Maine | |||||||
| DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | |||||||
| 1999-2000 PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL DROPOUTS | |||||||
| ALL SECONDARY DROPOUTS - BY GENDER | |||||||
| Secondary Enrollment | Secondary Dropouts | Secondary Dropout Rate | |||||
| Location | School Name | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY | |||||||
| Auburn | Edward Little HS & Franklin Alt. | ||||||
| & Merrill Hill Alt. & RETC/SOS | 677 | 680 | 29 | 23 | 4.28% | 3.38% | |
| Lewiston | Lewiston High School | 595 | 649 | 29 | 30 | 4.87% | 4.62% |
| Lisbon | Lisbon High School | 245 | 204 | 8 | 5 | 3.27% | 2.45% |
| Livermore Falls (SAD 36) | Livermore Falls High School | 180 | 154 | 8 | 7 | 4.44% | 4.55% |
| Poland | Poland Regional High School | 274 | 218 | 6 | 4 | 2.19% | 1.83% |
| Turner (SAD 52) | Leavitt Area High School | 391 | 383 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0.78% |
| Wales (CSD 15) | Oak Hill High School | 266 | 217 | 12 | 7 | 4.51% | 3.23% |
| Total | 2,628 | 2,505 | 92 | 79 | 3.50% | 3.15% | |
| AROOSTOOK COUNTY | |||||||
| Ashland (SAD 32) | Ashland Community High School | 68 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Caribou | Caribou High School | 331 | 265 | 12 | 12 | 3.63% | 4.53% |
| Dyer Brook (CSD 9) | Southern Aroostook CSD School | 70 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 1.43% | 2.60% |
| Easton | Easton High School | 43 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2.33% | 5.41% |
| Fort Fairfield (SAD 20) | Fort Fairfield Middle/High School | 94 | 94 | 6 | 8 | 6.38% | 8.51% |
| Fort Kent (SAD 27) | Fort Kent Community High School | 237 | 197 | 3 | 1 | 1.27% | 0.51% |
| Hodgdon (SAD 70) | Hodgdon High School | 121 | 112 | 7 | 1 | 5.79% | 0.89% |
| Houlton (SAD 29) | Houlton High School | 205 | 213 | 2 | 2 | 0.98% | 0.94% |
| Limestone | Limestone Community School | 58 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1.72% | 2.38% |
| Madawaska | Madawaska Middle/High School | 124 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 2.42% | 0.00% |
| Mars Hill (SAD 42) | Central Aroostook Jr.-Sr. H.S. | 84 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 4.76% | 1.33% |
| Presque Isle (SAD 1) | Presque Isle High School | 376 | 323 | 20 | 8 | 5.32% | 2.48% |
| Saint Agatha (SAD 33) | Wisdom Middle/High School | 68 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Van Buren (SAD 24) | Van Buren District Sec. H.S. | 74 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 1.37% |
| Washburn (SAD 45) | Washburn District High School | 67 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 5.66% |
| TOTAL | 2,020 | 1,834 | 60 | 42 | 2.97% | 2.29% | |
| CUMBERLAND COUNTY | |||||||
| Brunswick | Brunswick High School | 556 | 556 | 28 | 12 | 5.04% | 2.16% |
| Cape Elizabeth | Cape Elizabeth High School | 267 | 248 | 2 | 0 | 0.75% | 0.00% |
| Cumberland (SAD 51) | Greely High School | 332 | 332 | 2 | 1 | 0.60% | 0.30% |
| Falmouth | Falmouth High School | 229 | 258 | 1 | 0 | 0.44% | 0.00% |
| Freeport | Freeport High School | 179 | 198 | 11 | 5 | 6.15% | 2.53% |
| Gorham | Gorham High School | 343 | 358 | 13 | 5 | 3.79% | 1.40% |
| Gray (SAD 15) | Gray-New Gloucester High School | 334 | 284 | 3 | 5 | 0.90% | 1.76% |
| Naples (SAD 61) | Lake Region High School | 365 | 351 | 10 | 20 | 2.74% | 5.70% |
| Portland | Deering High School | 648 | 604 | 50 | 51 | 7.72% | 8.44% |
| Portland | Portland High School | 530 | 533 | 58 | 62 | 10.94% | 11.63% |
| Portland | West School | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Scarborough | Scarborough High School | 390 | 350 | 5 | 3 | 1.28% | 0.86% |
| South Portland | South Portland High School | 593 | 519 | 25 | 19 | 4.22% | 3.66% |
| Westbrook | Westbrook High School | 464 | 384 | 18 | 12 | 3.88% | 3.13% |
| Windham | Windham High School & Real Sch | 440 | 460 | 10 | 14 | 2.27% | 3.04% |
| Yarmouth | Yarmouth High School | 272 | 223 | 1 | 0 | 0.37% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 5,949 | 5,660 | 237 | 209 | 3.98% | 3.69% | |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY | |||||||
| Farmington (SAD 9) | Mount Blue High School | 490 | 457 | 26 | 15 | 5.31% | 3.28% |
| Jay | Jay High School | 165 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 1.82% | 0.00% |
| Rangeley | Rangeley Lakes Regional School | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Strong (SAD 58) | Mount Abram Regional H.S | 175 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 1.71% | 2.07% |
| TOTAL | 864 | 774 | 32 | 18 | 3.70% | 2.33% | |
| HANCOCK COUNTY | |||||||
| Bar Harbor (CSD 7) | Mt. Desert Island High School | 326 | 326 | 9 | 9 | 2.76% | 2.76% |
| Bucksport | Bucksport High School | 229 | 216 | 13 | 7 | 5.68% | 3.24% |
| Deer Isle (CSD 13) | Deer Isle-Stonington Jr.-Sr. HS | 109 | 99 | 4 | 9 | 3.67% | 9.09% |
| Ellsworth | Ellsworth High School | 284 | 318 | 14 | 18 | 4.93% | 5.66% |
| Sullivan (CSD 4) | Sumner Memorial High School | 185 | 170 | 13 | 11 | 7.03% | 6.47% |
| TOTAL | 1,133 | 1,129 | 53 | 54 | 4.68% | 4.78% | |
| KENNEBEC COUNTY | |||||||
| Augusta | Cony High School | 466 | 478 | 12 | 15 | 2.58% | 3.14% |
| Farmingdale (SAD 16) | Hall-Dale High School | 200 | 191 | 6 | 8 | 3.00% | 4.19% |
| Gardiner (SAD 11) | Gardiner Area High School | 406 | 367 | 22 | 10 | 5.42% | 2.72% |
| Monmouth | Monmouth Academy | 109 | 132 | 2 | 2 | 1.83% | 1.52% |
| Oakland (SAD 47) | Messalonskee High School | 397 | 452 | 5 | 10 | 1.26% | 2.21% |
| Readfield (CSD 10) | Maranacook Community School | 290 | 229 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.44% |
| Waterville | Waterville High School | 378 | 367 | 9 | 14 | 2.38% | 3.81% |
| Winslow | Winslow High School | 298 | 264 | 10 | 13 | 3.36% | 4.92% |
| Winthrop | Winthrop High School | 174 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 1.15% | 0.56% |
| TOTAL | 2,718 | 2,660 | 68 | 74 | 2.50% | 2.78% | |
| KNOX COUNTY | |||||||
| North Haven (SAD 7) | North Haven Community School | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Rockland (SAD 5) | Rockland District High School | 233 | 225 | 11 | 9 | 4.72% | 4.00% |
| Rockport (CSD 19) | Camden Hills Regional H.S. | 351 | 283 | 8 | 6 | 2.28% | 2.12% |
| Thomaston (SAD 50) | Georges Valley High School | 173 | 166 | 10 | 3 | 5.78% | 1.81% |
| Vinalhaven (SAD 8) | Lincoln Elem/Vinalhaven H.S. | 22 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 4.55% | 0.00% |
| Waldoboro (SAD 40) | Medomak Valley High School | 402 | 341 | 7 | 2 | 1.74% | 0.59% |
| TOTAL | 1,195 | 1,060 | 37 | 20 | 3.10% | 1.89% | |
| LINCOLN COUNTY | |||||||
| Boothbay Harbor (CSD 3) | Boothbay Region High School | 141 | 135 | 3 | 3 | 2.13% | 2.22% |
| Wiscasset | Wiscasset High School | 228 | 202 | 9 | 4 | 3.95% | 1.98% |
| TOTAL | 369 | 337 | 12 | 7 | 3.25% | 2.08% | |
| OXFORD COUNTY | |||||||
| Bethel (SAD 44) | Telstar High School | 155 | 149 | 5 | 2 | 3.23% | 1.34% |
| Buckfield (SAD 39) | Buckfield Jr.-Sr. High School | 101 | 98 | 7 | 5 | 6.93% | 5.10% |
| Dixfield (SAD 21) | Dirigo High School | 167 | 167 | 3 | 1 | 1.80% | 0.60% |
| Hiram (SAD 55) | Sacopee Valley Jr.-Sr. H.S. | 211 | 194 | 3 | 0 | 1.42% | 0.00% |
| Paris (SAD 17) | Oxford Hills Comprehensive H.S. | 613 | 569 | 39 | 24 | 6.36% | 4.22% |
| Rumford (SAD 43) | Mountain Valley High School | 301 | 301 | 5 | 4 | 1.66% | 1.33% |
| TOTAL | 1,548 | 1,478 | 62 | 36 | 4.01% | 2.44% | |
| PENOBSCOT COUNTY | |||||||
| Bangor | Bangor High School | 749 | 645 | 37 | 34 | 4.94% | 5.27% |
| Brewer | Brewer High School | 448 | 396 | 25 | 18 | 5.58% | 4.55% |
| Corinth (SAD 64) | Central High School | 191 | 198 | 11 | 8 | 5.76% | 4.04% |
| Dexter (SAD 46) | Dexter Regional High School | 172 | 172 | 7 | 15 | 4.07% | 8.72% |
| East Millinocket | Schenck High School | 119 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Hampden (SAD 22) | Hampden Academy | 373 | 346 | 10 | 8 | 2.68% | 2.31% |
| Hermon | Hermon High School | 283 | 284 | 28 | 10 | 9.89% | 3.52% |
| Howland (SAD 31) | Penobscot Valley High School | 135 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 0.74% | 0.90% |
| Lincoln (SAD 67) | Mattanawcook Academy | 205 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 0.49% | 0.53% |
| Millinocket | Stearns High School | 198 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Newport (SAD 48) | Nokomis Regional High School | 392 | 410 | 27 | 17 | 6.89% | 4.15% |
| Old Town | Old Town High School | 376 | 341 | 11 | 5 | 2.93% | 1.47% |
| Orono | Orono High School | 201 | 193 | 2 | 5 | 1.00% | 2.59% |
| Stacyville (SAD 25) | Katahdin High School | 140 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 3.57% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 3,982 | 3,660 | 165 | 122 | 4.14% | 3.33% | |
| PISCATAQUIS COUNTY | |||||||
| Greenville | Greenville High School | 69 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1.45% | 0.00% |
| Guilford (SAD 4) | Piscataquis Community H.S. | 192 | 152 | 6 | 8 | 3.13% | 5.26% |
| Milo (SAD 41) | Penquis Valley High School | 152 | 142 | 5 | 4 | 3.29% | 2.82% |
| TOTAL | 413 | 345 | 12 | 12 | 2.91% | 3.48% | |
| SAGADAHOC COUNTY | |||||||
| Bath | Morse High School | 410 | 412 | 33 | 21 | 8.05% | 5.10% |
| Richmond | Richmond High School | 95 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 3.16% | 0.00% |
| Topsham (SAD 75) | Mount Ararat High School | 520 | 512 | 18 | 17 | 3.46% | 3.32% |
| TOTAL | 1,025 | 1,024 | 54 | 38 | 5.27% | 3.71% | |
| SOMERSET COUNTY | |||||||
| Anson (SAD 74) | Carrabec High School | 172 | 163 | 19 | 6 | 11.05% | 3.68% |
| Bingham (SAD 13) | Upper Kennebec Valley Jr.-Sr. H.S. | 73 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 4.11% | 1.59% |
| Fairfield (SAD 49) | Lawrence High School | 413 | 406 | 14 | 3 | 3.39% | 0.74% |
| Jackman (SAD 12) | Forest Hills Consolidated School | 35 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5.71% | 0.00% |
| Madison (SAD 59) | Madison Area Memorial H.S. | 136 | 164 | 6 | 8 | 4.41% | 4.88% |
| Skowhegan (SAD 54) | Skowhegan Area High School | 468 | 461 | 11 | 8 | 2.35% | 1.74% |
| TOTAL | 1,297 | 1,294 | 55 | 26 | 4.24% | 2.01% | |
| WALDO COUNTY | |||||||
| Belfast (SAD 34) | Belfast Area High School | 334 | 294 | 3 | 7 | 0.90% | 2.38% |
| Islesboro | Islesboro Central School | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Searsport (SAD 56) | Searsport District High School | 135 | 122 | 9 | 5 | 6.67% | 4.10% |
| Thorndike (SAD 3) | Mount View High School | 260 | 283 | 5 | 5 | 1.92% | 1.77% |
| TOTAL | 745 | 720 | 17 | 17 | 2.28% | 2.36% | |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY | |||||||
| Baileyville | Woodland Jr.-Sr. High School | 123 | 111 | 3 | 4 | 2.44% | 3.60% |
| Calais | Calais High School | 164 | 163 | 11 | 10 | 6.71% | 6.13% |
| Danforth (SAD 14) | East Grand School | 34 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2.94% | 0.00% |
| Eastport | Shead Memorial High School | 72 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2.78% | 0.00% |
| Harrington (SAD 37) | Narraguagus High School | 147 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 1.36% | 0.00% |
| Jonesport (CSD 17) | Jonesport-Beals High School | 52 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5.77% | 0.00% |
| Lubec (SAD 19) | Lubec Consolidated School | 59 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 5.08% | 9.52% |
| Machias | Machias Memorial High School | 86 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 1.16% | 3.95% |
| TOTAL | 737 | 703 | 26 | 21 | 3.53% | 2.99% | |
| YORK COUNTY | |||||||
| Berwick (SAD 60) | Noble High School | 484 | 500 | 17 | 14 | 3.51% | 2.80% |
| Biddeford | Biddeford High School | 453 | 417 | 11 | 13 | 2.43% | 3.12% |
| Kennebunk (SAD 71) | Kennebunk High School | 378 | 389 | 9 | 11 | 2.38% | 2.83% |
| Kittery | Robert W. Traip Academy | 181 | 158 | 9 | 11 | 4.97% | 6.96% |
| Old Orchard Beach | Old Orchard Beach High School | 198 | 180 | 3 | 3 | 1.52% | 1.67% |
| Sanford | Sanford High School | 536 | 674 | 19 | 11 | 3.54% | 1.63% |
| South Berwick (SAD 35) | Marshwood High School | 420 | 399 | 11 | 13 | 2.62% | 3.26% |
| Standish (SAD 6) | Bonny Eagle High School | 656 | 696 | 46 | 12 | 7.01% | 1.72% |
| Waterboro (SAD 57) | Massabesic High School | 535 | 460 | 6 | 0 | 1.12% | 0.00% |
| Wells (CSD 18) | Wells High School | 286 | 255 | 13 | 8 | 4.55% | 3.14% |
| York | York High School | 317 | 307 | 2 | 0 | 0.63% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL | 4,444 | 4,435 | 146 | 96 | 3.29% | 2.16% | |
| STATEWIDE TOTAL - PUBLIC | 31,067 | 29,618 | 1,128 | 871 | 3.63% | 2.94% | |
| PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS (60% Publicly-Funded Students) | |||||||
| Bangor (Penobscot) | John Bapst Memorial H.S. | 239 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Blue Hill (Hancock) | George Stevens Academy | 211 | 207 | 2 | 0 | 0.95% | 0.00% |
| Blue Hill (Hancock) | Liberty School | 26 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 61.54% | 18.75% |
| China (Kennebec) | Erskine Academy | 331 | 353 | 2 | 7 | 0.60% | 1.98% |
| Dover-Foxcroft (Piscataquis) | Foxcroft Academy | 255 | 242 | 8 | 7 | 3.14% | 2.89% |
| East Machias (Washington) | Washington Academy | 146 | 170 | 3 | 1 | 2.05% | 0.59% |
| Fryeburg (Oxford) | Fryeburg Academy | 316 | 278 | 8 | 1 | 2.53% | 0.36% |
| Lee (Penobscot) | Lee Academy | 125 | 116 | 9 | 4 | 7.20% | 3.45% |
| Newcastle (Lincoln) | Lincoln Academy | 257 | 266 | 3 | 4 | 1.17% | 1.50% |
| Pittsfield (Somerset) | Maine Central Institute | 271 | 232 | 6 | 2 | 2.21% | 0.86% |
| Saco (York) | Thornton Academy | 526 | 518 | 7 | 11 | 1.33% | 2.12% |
| TOTAL 60% PUBLICLY FUNDED | 2,703 | 2,660 | 64 | 43 | 2.37% | 1.62% | |
| STATE-FUNDED SCHOOLS | |||||||
| Limestone (Aroostook) | ME School of Science and Math | 81 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Falmouth (Cumberland) | Governor Baxter School for the Deaf | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| South Portland (Cumberland) | Arthur Gould School (ME Youth Ctr) | 176 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| TOTAL STATE-FUNDED | 270 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| STATEWIDE TOTAL | 34,040 | 32,365 | 1,192 | 914 | 3.50% | 2.82% | |
| Secondary enrollment is reported on the EF-M-40 Fall School Statistical Report | |||||||
| as of October 1, 1999. | |||||||
| Dropouts are reported on the EF-M-35a Year End Report for School Systems/Selected Private | |||||||
| Schools Part II - 1999-00 Dropouts. | |||||||
| Note: Only private schools with 60% or more publicly funded students are required to file the | |||||||
| dropout report with the Department of Education. | |||||||