List of school districts in Maine


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 typically made up of 2 or more cities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students; Community School Districts 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.
Starting in 2008, smaller school districts around the state were required to combine into Regional School Units or pay a hefty penalty.

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."
List is from: "Cities and Towns with Individual Supervision", April 10, 2008.

A–C

School Administrative Districts typically made up of 2 or more municipalities who cooperatively provide education to all of their students. As of April 2008, 267 cities and towns were served by 72 S.A.D.s, numbered 1 to 76 with numbers 2, 66, 69, and 73 skipped.

Community School Districts

Community School Districts in which 2 or more cities cooperate to provide education to some or sometimes all grade levels.
List is from: "Municipalities in Community School Districts", April 10, 2008. The original source shows the cities in each C.S.D.
In Unions of Towns, two or more school administrative units share a common superintendent but are otherwise separate.
List is from: "Municipalities in Unions", April 10, 2008. The original source shows the cities or Indian Reservations in each School Union.
The 3 Indian reservation school systems function as a union of towns.
In unorganized townships, also known as unorganized territory, schools which are run directly by the state.
"Education in the Unorganized Territory", dated 10 April 2008, shows the schools in each township.