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School Finder

Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School Enrollment
Lewiston High School Lewiston, ME 1,709
Noble High School North Berwick, ME 1,134
Sanford High School Sanford, ME 1,115
Bangor High School Bangor, ME 1,068
Edward Little High School Auburn, ME 1,045
Bonny Eagle High School Standish, ME 1,027
Oxford Hills Comprehensive H S Paris, ME 1,010
Windham High School Windham, ME 939
South Portland High School South Portland, ME 928
Sanford Middle School Sanford, ME 920
Portland High School Portland, ME 912
Scarborough High School Scarborough, ME 903
Biddeford High School Biddeford, ME 894
Falmouth Elementary School Falmouth, ME 871
Massabesic High School Waterboro, ME 867
Deering High School Portland, ME 850
Gorham High School Gorham, ME 812
Brewer Community School Brewer, ME 800
Hampden Academy Hampden, ME 767
Camden Hills Regional H S Rockport, ME 757
Caribou Community School Caribou, ME 752
Lewiston Middle School Lewiston, ME 744
Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School Ellsworth, ME 740
Robert V. Connors Elementary School Lewiston, ME 737
Mabel I Wilson School Cumberland, ME 730
Windham Primary School Windham, ME 727
Brunswick High School Brunswick, ME 722
Mt Blue High School Farmington, ME 720
Westbrook High School Westbrook, ME 719
Gorham Middle School Gorham, ME 718
Bonny Eagle Middle School Buxton, ME 712
Westbrook Middle School Westbrook, ME 710
Messalonskee High School Oakland, ME 695
Brewer High School Brewer, ME 690
Skowhegan Area High School Skowhegan, ME 686
Kennebunk High School Kennebunk, ME 683
Montello School Lewiston, ME 675
Falmouth High School Falmouth, ME 669
Wentworth School Scarborough, ME 664
Scarborough Middle School Scarborough, ME 663
Cony Augusta, ME 662
Marshwood High School South Berwick, ME 659
Lisbon Community School Lisbon, ME 657
C K Burns School Saco, ME 641
Massabesic Middle School East Waterboro, ME 619
Kate Furbish Elementary School Brunswick, ME 616
Greely High School Cumberland, ME 615
Morse High School Bath, ME 615
Nokomis Regional High School Newport, ME 610
Freeport High School Freeport, ME 593
Saco Middle School Saco, ME 586
Winslow Elementary School Winslow, ME 581
Pond Cove Elementary Cape Elizabeth, ME 579
Benton Elementary School Benton, ME 575
Gray-New Gloucester High School Gray, ME 573
Raymond a. Geiger Elementary School Lewiston, ME 572
Windham Middle School Windham, ME 571
Hermon High School Hermon, ME 567
Gardiner Area High School Gardiner, ME 565
Wells Elementary School Wells, ME 563
Leavitt Area High School Turner, ME 563
Medomak Valley High School Waldoboro, ME 561
Yarmouth High School Yarmouth, ME 554
Buxton Center Elementary School Buxton, ME 552
Waterboro Elementary School East Waterboro, ME 547
Brunswick Jr High School Brunswick, ME 544
Biddeford Middle School Biddeford, ME 542
George J Mitchell School Waterville, ME 532
Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary Brunswick, ME 531
Lawrence High School Fairfield, ME 531
Old Town High School Old Town, ME 531
Waterville Senior High School Waterville, ME 529
Ridge View Community School Dexter, ME 528
Nokomis Regional Middle School Newport, ME 524
Ellsworth High School Ellsworth, ME 521
Molly Ockett School Fryeburg, ME 520
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Gray, ME 519
Greely Middle School Cumberland, ME 515
Mt Blue Middle School Farmington, ME 508
Poland Regional H S Poland, ME 506
Maine Connections Academy Scarborough, ME 504
Lake Region High School Naples, ME 503
Auburn Middle School Auburn, ME 499
York High School York, ME 498
Hall-Dale Middle and High School Farmingdale, ME 496
Messalonskee Middle School Oakland, ME 495
Oceanside High School Rockland, ME 494
Marshwood Middle School Eliot, ME 490
Fairview School Auburn, ME 489
Harrison Lyseth Elem School Portland, ME 489
Central Community Elementary School Corinth, ME 488
Old Town Elementary School Old Town, ME 488
Biddeford Primary School Biddeford, ME 483
York Middle School York, ME 482
Narragansett Elementary School Gorham, ME 479
Oxford Hills Middle School Paris, ME 479
Yarmouth Elementary School Yarmouth, ME 476
Belfast Area High School Belfast, ME 476
Maine Virtual Academy Augusta, ME 475
Thomas J Mcmahon Elementary Sch Lewiston, ME 474

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25