List of school districts in Maine

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This is a list of school districts in Maine.

Public school systems in Maine are in several types of school administrative units: Cities which have their own School Departments, also known as cities with individual supervision; School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more cities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students; Regional School Units; Community School Districts (C.S.D.s) in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels, Unions of Towns, in which two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate, and, in unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.

The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.[1]

## School Departments

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School Departments serve a single town or city. Some school systems may style themselves as a "school district," others as a "school department."[2]

### A–C

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* Acton School Department
* Alexander School Department
* Andover School Department
* Appleton School Department
* Athens School Department
* Auburn School Department
* Augusta School Department
* Baileyville School Department
* Bangor School Department
* Bar Harbor School Department
* Baring Plantation School Department
* Beals School Department
* Beaver Cove School Department
* Beddington School Department
* Biddeford School Department
* Blue Hill School Department
* Bowerbank School Department
* Bremen School Department
* Brewer School Department
* Bridgewater School Department
* Brighton Plantation School Department
* Bristol School Department
* Brooklin School Department
* Brooksville School Department
* Brunswick School Department
* Burlington School Department
* Byron School Department
* Calais School Department
* Cape Elizabeth School Department
* Caratunk School Department
* Carrabassett Valley School Department
* Carroll Plantation School Department
* Castine School Department
* Caswell School Department
* Charlotte School Department
* Chebeague Island School Department
* Cherryfield School Department
* Cooper School Department
* Coplin Plantation School Department
* Cranberry Isles School Department
* Crawford School Department
* Cutler School Department

### D–H

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* Damariscotta School Department
* Dayton School Department
* Deblois School Department
* Dedham School Department
* Dennistown Plantation School Department
* Dennysville School Department
* Drew Plantation School Department
* Eagle Lake School Department
* East Machias School Department
* East Millinocket School Department
* Easton School Department
* Eastport School Department
* Edgecomb School Department
* Ellsworth School Department
* Eustis School Department
* Falmouth School Department
* Fayette School Department
* Frenchboro School Department
* Georgetown School Department
* Gilead School Department
* Glenburn School Department
* Glenwood Plantation School Department
* Gorham School Department
* Grand Isle School Department
* Grand Lake Stream Plantation School Department
* Greenbush School Department
* Greenville School Department
* Hancock School Department
* Harmony School Department
* Hermon School Department
* Highland Plantation School Department
* Hope School Department

### I–O

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* Isle au Haut School Department
* Islesboro School Department
* Jefferson School Department
* Jonesboro School Department
* Jonesport School Department
* Kingsburg Plantation School Department
* Kittery School Department
* Lake View Plantation School Department
* Lakeville School Department
* Lamoine School Department
* Lewiston School Department
* Limestone School Department
* Lincoln Plantation School Department
* Lincolnville School Department
* Lisbon School Department
* Long Island School Department
* Lowell School Department
* Machias School Department
* Machiasport School Department
* Macwahoc Plantation School Department
* Madawaska School Department
* Marshfield School Department
* Meddybemps School Department
* Medford School Department
* Medway School Department
* Milford School Department
* Millinocket School Department
* Minot School Department
* Monhegan Plantation School Department
* Moro Plantation School Department
* Mount Desert School Department
* Nashville Plantation School Department
* New Sweden School Department
* Newcastle School Department
* Nobleboro School Department
* Northfield School Department
* Northport School Department
* Orient School Department
* Orrington School Department
* Otis School Department

### P–Z

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* Pembroke School Department
* Penobscot School Department
* Perry School Department
* Pleasant Ridge Plantation School Department
* Portage Lake School Department
* Portland School Department
* Princeton School Department
* Reed Plantation School Department
* Robbinston School Department
* Rogue Bluff School Department
* Saco School Department
* Sanford School Department
* Scarborough School Department
* Sebago School Department
* Seboeis Plantation School Department
* Sedgwick School Department
* Shirley School Department
* South Bristol School Department
* South Portland School Department
* Southport School Department
* Southwest Harbor School Department
* St. George School Department
* Surry School Department
* Talmadge School Department
* The Forks Plantation School Department
* Tremont School Department
* Trenton School Department
* Upton School Department
* Vanceboro School Department
* Vassalboro School Department
* Veazie School Department
* Waite School Department
* Waterville School Department
* Wesley School Department
* West Bath School Department
* West Forks Plantation School Department
* Westbrook School Department
* Westmanland School Department
* Whiting School Department
* Whitneyville School Department
* Willimantic School Department
* Winslow School Department
* Winterville Plantation School Department
* Winthrop School Department
* Wiscasset School Department
* Woodland School Department
* Woodville School Department
* Yarmouth School Department
* York School Department

## School Administrative Districts

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Main article: Maine School Administrative District

School Administrative Districts (S.A.D.s) typically made up of 2 or more municipalities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students. As of 2021[update], 184 cities and towns were served by 52 S.A.D.s, numbered 1 to 76 with numbers 2, 5, 9, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 47, 48, 50, 56, 62, 66, 67, 69, 71, and 73 skipped.[2]

## Regional School Units

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Main article: Regional school unit

Starting in 2008, smaller school districts around the state were required to combine into Regional School Units (RSUs) or pay a hefty penalty.[3]

## Community School Districts

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Main article: Maine School Administrative District

Community School Districts (C.S.D.s) in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels.[2]

* Airline Community School District – Amherst, Aurora, Great Pond, Osborn
* Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District – Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor
* Deer Isle-Stonington Community School District – Deer Isle, Stonington
* East Range Community School District – Topsfield
* Five Town Community School District – Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport
* Great Salt Bay Community School District – Bremen, Damariscotta, Newcastle
* Moosabec Community School District – Beals, Jonesport
* Mount Desert Community School District – Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Tremont
* Wells-Ogunquit Community School District – Ogunquit, Wells

## Unions of Towns

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In Unions of Towns, two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate.[4]

* School Union 60 – Beaver Cove, Greenville
* School Union 69 – Appleton, Hope, Lincolnville
* School Union 76 – Brooklin, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, Stonington
* School Union 93 – Blue Hill, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, Surry
* School Union 103 – Beals, Jonesport
* School Union 122 – New Sweden, Westmanland, Woodland

### Indian Schools

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The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.

* Maine Indian Education – Indian Island, Indian Township, Pleasant Point

## Unorganized Territory

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In unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.[2]

* Education in the unorganized territory (Maine)

## References

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1. ^ Types of School Administrative Units in Maine, Maine Department of Education, retrieved 2008-05-29
2. ^ a b c d "SAU and Town Cross Reference". 2021.
3. ^ Ricker, Nok-Noi (January 28, 2009). "10 towns shoot down RSU 15 consolidation". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
4. ^ "UNION COMMITTEES AND COMBINED BOARDS FY 2021-22 INFORMATION" (PDF).

## External links

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* Maine Department of Education

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