Under the No Child Left Behind Act, the state is recognizing improving schools which have, in four of the last five years, increased the number of students who have met the standards on the Maine Educational Assessment. In addition, these schools have achieved a gain of at least 20 percent in the number of students who have met or exceeded the standards in reading and math, or recorded a gain greater than 40 percent in one area and is making strides in the other.

Reading grade 4

SAD 67

Dr. Carl E. Trout School

SAD 17

Otisfield Community School

Portland Public Schools

Peaks Island School

SAD 27

Eagle Lake Elementary School

Old Town School Department

Herbert Sargent School

Union 104

Pembroke Elementary School

Dedham School Department

Dedham School

SAD 03

Troy Central School

SAD 22

Newburgh Elementary School

Union 104

Eastport Elementary School

SAD 49

Clinton Elementary School

Union 106

Alexander Elementary School

Union 42

Readfield Elementary School

SAD 03

Mt. View Elementary School

SAD 13

Quimby Elementary School

SAD 17

Waterford Memorial School

Falmouth School Department

Plummer-Motz Elementary School

SAD 37

Daniel W. Merritt School

SAD 03

Walker Memorial School

SAD 26

Cave Hill School

Reading grade 8

Union 29

Minot Consolidated School

SAD 25

Katahdin Middle/High School –

Union 98

Mt. Desert Elementary School

SAD 58

Kingfield Elementary School

Yarmouth Schools

Frank H. Harrison Middle School

Union 104

Pembroke Elementary School

SAD 27

Eagle Lake Elementary/Jr. High School

Education in Unorganized Territories

Edmunds Consolidated School

Union 106

Alexander Elementary School

SAD 70

SAD 70 Elementary School

SAD 37

Harrington Elementary School

Union 132

Chelsea Elementary School

Union 107

Princeton Elementary School

Reading grade 4

Mt. Desert CSD

Mt. Desert Island High School

Math grade 4

Old Town School Department

Herbert Sargent School

SAD 39

Hartford-Sumner Elementary School

SAD 58

Strong Elementary School

SAD 37

Harrington Elementary School

SAD 37

Columbia Falls Elementary School

SAD 67

Dr. Carl E. Trout School

SAD 03

Morse Memorial School

Union 90

Dr. Lewis S. Libby School

Union 113

Opal Myrick Elementary School

SAD 19

Lubec Consolidated School

SAD 37

Milbridge Elementary School

SAD 03

Mt. View Elementary School

Union 42

Mt. Vernon Elementary School

SAD 23

Carmel Elementary School

SAD 06

H.B. Emery Jr. Memorial School

SAD 70

SAD 70 Elementary School

Union 69

Hope Elementary School

Union 92

Trenton Elementary School

Union 44

Sabattus Elementary School

SAD 49

Albion Elementary School

Wells-Ogunquit CSD

Ogunquit Village School

SAD 46

Dexter Primary School

SAD 68

Morton Avenue Elementary School

Wells-Ogunquit CSD

Wells Elementary School

Brunswick Public Schools

Longfellow School

Math grade 8

Union 98

Mt. Desert Elementary School

Math grade 11

SAD 27

Fort Kent Community High School

SOURCE: Maine Department of Education

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