Rank |
School District |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
1 |
Talmadge, Maine
|
77.3%
|
2 |
Bancroft, Maine
|
60.0%
|
3 |
Kennebec Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
52.1%
|
4 |
Indian Township, Maine
|
47.6%
|
5 |
Pleasant Point, Maine
|
45.7%
|
6 |
Drew Plantation, Maine
|
44.3%
|
7 |
Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Maine
|
40.2%
|
8 |
Upton, Maine
|
39.8%
|
9 |
Waite, Maine
|
38.8%
|
10 |
Cranberry Isles, Maine
|
38.7%
|
11 |
Indian Island, Maine
|
36.5%
|
12 |
Washington Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
34.9%
|
13 |
Dennysville, Maine
|
33.6%
|
14 |
Hersey, Maine
|
30.6%
|
15 |
Northfield, Maine
|
28.3%
|
16 |
Lincoln Plantation, Maine
|
25.5%
|
17 |
Greenbush, Maine
|
25.0%
|
18 |
Marshfield, Maine
|
24.7%
|
19 |
Monhegan Plantation, Maine
|
24.3%
|
20 |
Baring Plantation, Maine
|
24.0%
|
21 |
Greenville, Maine
|
24.0%
|
22 |
Jonesport, Maine
|
23.9%
|
23 |
Carroll Plantation, Maine
|
23.6%
|
24 |
Shirley, Maine
|
23.6%
|
25 |
Bangor, Maine
|
23.3%
|
26 |
Medford, Maine
|
23.2%
|
27 |
Jonesboro, Maine
|
22.9%
|
28 |
Waterville, Maine
|
22.8%
|
29 |
Perry, Maine
|
22.6%
|
30 |
Lewiston, Maine
|
22.5%
|
31 |
Reed Plantation, Maine
|
22.2%
|
32 |
Princeton, Maine
|
22.2%
|
33 |
Piscataquis Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
21.7%
|
34 |
Eastport, Maine
|
21.2%
|
35 |
Penobscot Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
21.1%
|
36 |
Willimantic, Maine
|
20.4%
|
37 |
Orient, Maine
|
20.3%
|
38 |
Cutler, Maine
|
20.2%
|
39 |
Caswell, Maine
|
20.1%
|
40 |
Beals, Maine
|
19.9%
|
41 |
Machias, Maine
|
19.6%
|
42 |
Frenchboro, Maine
|
19.3%
|
43 |
Easton, Maine
|
18.9%
|
44 |
Pembroke, Maine
|
18.5%
|
45 |
Portland, Maine
|
18.3%
|
46 |
East Millinocket, Maine
|
18.3%
|
47 |
Calais, Maine
|
18.2%
|
48 |
Castine, Maine
|
17.8%
|
49 |
Somerset Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
17.7%
|
50 |
East Machias, Maine
|
17.2%
|
51 |
Medway, Maine
|
17.2%
|
52 |
School Administration District 10, Maine
|
16.9%
|
53 |
Augusta, Maine
|
16.3%
|
54 |
Woodville, Maine
|
16.2%
|
55 |
Sedgwick, Maine
|
16.2%
|
56 |
Dallas Plantation, Maine
|
15.8%
|
57 |
Aroostook Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
15.7%
|
58 |
Meddybemps, Maine
|
15.5%
|
59 |
Penobscot, Maine
|
15.5%
|
60 |
Machiasport, Maine
|
15.1%
|
61 |
Westbrook, Maine
|
14.7%
|
62 |
Auburn, Maine
|
14.6%
|
63 |
Vassalboro, Maine
|
14.5%
|
64 |
Southport, Maine
|
14.3%
|
65 |
Woodland, Maine
|
14.0%
|
66 |
Harmony, Maine
|
13.9%
|
67 |
Southern Aroostook Community School District, Maine
|
13.7%
|
68 |
Carrabassett Valley, Maine
|
13.6%
|
69 |
Deer Isle-Stonington Community School District, Maine
|
13.4%
|
70 |
Sanford, Maine
|
13.4%
|
71 |
Blue Hill, Maine
|
13.4%
|
72 |
Roque Bluffs, Maine
|
13.2%
|
73 |
Cooper, Maine
|
13.1%
|
74 |
Bridgewater, Maine
|
13.0%
|
75 |
Franklin Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
13.0%
|
76 |
Biddeford, Maine
|
13.0%
|
77 |
Gilead, Maine
|
12.9%
|
78 |
Beddington, Maine
|
12.3%
|
79 |
Long Island, Maine
|
12.2%
|
80 |
South Bristol, Maine
|
12.1%
|
81 |
Remainder of Maine, Maine
|
12.1%
|
82 |
Whitneyville, Maine
|
12.1%
|
83 |
Brewer, Maine
|
12.1%
|
84 |
Robbinston, Maine
|
12.0%
|
85 |
Trenton, Maine
|
12.0%
|
86 |
Millinocket, Maine
|
11.9%
|
87 |
Madawaska, Maine
|
11.9%
|
88 |
Chebeague Island, Maine
|
11.8%
|
89 |
South Portland, Maine
|
11.6%
|
90 |
Appleton, Maine
|
11.6%
|
91 |
Moro Plantation, Maine
|
11.5%
|
92 |
Highland Plantation, Maine
|
11.1%
|
93 |
Brooklin, Maine
|
10.8%
|
94 |
Grand Isle, Maine
|
10.7%
|
95 |
Macwahoc Plantation, Maine
|
10.3%
|
96 |
Airline Community School District, Maine
|
10.2%
|
97 |
Brunswick, Maine
|
10.1%
|
98 |
Milford, Maine
|
9.9%
|
99 |
Lisbon, Maine
|
9.9%
|
100 |
Jefferson, Maine
|
9.8%
|
101 |
Baileyville, Maine
|
9.7%
|
102 |
Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor Community School District, Maine
|
9.6%
|
103 |
Surry, Maine
|
9.6%
|
104 |
Regional School Unit 23, Maine
|
9.6%
|
105 |
East Range Community School District, Maine
|
9.4%
|
106 |
Islesboro, Maine
|
9.2%
|
107 |
Winslow, Maine
|
9.1%
|
108 |
Lowell, Maine
|
9.1%
|
109 |
Charlotte, Maine
|
9.1%
|
110 |
Isle au Haut, Maine
|
9.0%
|
111 |
New Sweden, Maine
|
8.8%
|
112 |
Bristol, Maine
|
8.8%
|
113 |
Whiting, Maine
|
8.7%
|
114 |
Georgetown, Maine
|
8.6%
|
115 |
Otis, Maine
|
8.6%
|
116 |
Acton, Maine
|
8.4%
|
117 |
School Administrative District 06, Maine
|
8.3%
|
118 |
Jay, Maine
|
8.2%
|
119 |
Lakeville, Maine
|
8.1%
|
120 |
Winthrop, Maine
|
7.8%
|
121 |
Brooksville, Maine
|
7.8%
|
122 |
Hermon, Maine
|
7.7%
|
123 |
Oxford Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
7.5%
|
124 |
West Forks Plantation, Maine
|
7.4%
|
125 |
Nobleboro, Maine
|
7.3%
|
126 |
Kittery, Maine
|
7.2%
|
127 |
Edgecomb, Maine
|
7.2%
|
128 |
The Forks Plantation, Maine
|
7.1%
|
129 |
Deblois, Maine
|
7.0%
|
130 |
Coplin Plantation, Maine
|
6.9%
|
131 |
Magalloway Plantation, Maine
|
6.9%
|
132 |
Hancock Unorganized Territory, Maine
|
6.7%
|
133 |
Fayette, Maine
|
6.5%
|
134 |
Lake View Plantation, Maine
|
6.5%
|
135 |
Rangeley, Maine
|
5.9%
|
136 |
Lincolnville, Maine
|
5.8%
|
137 |
York, Maine
|
5.6%
|
138 |
Gorham, Maine
|
5.4%
|
139 |
Wells-Ogunquit Community School District, Maine
|
5.3%
|
140 |
Bowerbank, Maine
|
5.0%
|
141 |
Crawford, Maine
|
5.0%
|
142 |
Alexander, Maine
|
4.9%
|
143 |
Caratunk, Maine
|
4.8%
|
144 |
Yarmouth, Maine
|
4.3%
|
145 |
Seboeis Plantation, Maine
|
4.2%
|
146 |
Sandy River Plantation, Maine
|
4.0%
|
147 |
Wesley, Maine
|
3.8%
|
148 |
Hope, Maine
|
3.7%
|
149 |
Dedham, Maine
|
3.4%
|
150 |
Scarborough, Maine
|
3.2%
|
151 |
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
|
3.2%
|
152 |
Beaver Cove, Maine
|
3.2%
|
153 |
Falmouth, Maine
|
3.2%
|
154 |
Orrington, Maine
|
3.0%
|
155 |
Nashville Plantation, Maine
|
2.7%
|
156 |
Vanceboro, Maine
|
2.2%
|
157 |
Great Lake Stream Plantation, Maine
|
1.5%
|
158 |
Westmanland, Maine
|
1.1%
|
159 |
Rangeley Plantation, Maine
|
1.0%
|