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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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, 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
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
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
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
The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.
- Maine Indian Education – Indian Island, Indian Township, Pleasant Point
 
Unorganized Territory
In unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.[2]
- Education in the unorganized territory (Maine)
 
References
- ↑ Types of School Administrative Units in Maine, Maine Department of Education, retrieved 2008-05-29
 - 1 2 3 4 "SAU and Town Cross Reference". 2021.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ "UNION COMMITTEES AND COMBINED BOARDS FY 2021-22 INFORMATION" (PDF).