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W W W. M A I N E B I Z . B I Z 31 Fact Book / Doing Business in Maine E D U CAT I O N | Q UA L I T Y O F L I F E Graduation rate, 2017 1 Greenville Consolidated School 100.00% 2 Islesboro Central School 100.00% 3 Maine School of Science and Mathematics 100.00% 4 Vinalhaven School 100.00% 5 Mt Abram Regional High School 100.00% 6 Wells High School 99.21% 7 Cape Elizabeth High School 98.45% 8 John Bapst Memorial High School 98.25% 9 Falmouth High School 98.22% 10 Greely High School 97.97% 11 Yarmouth High School 97.54% 12 George Stevens Academy 97.47% 13 Hodgdon Middle/High School 97.06% 14 Erskine Academy 96.67% 15 Gorham High School 96.63% Schools with the highest graduation rates Based on 2016–2017 graduation rates S O U R C E : Maine Department of Education School administrative unit Total per pupil resident expenditures Total expenditures 2016–17 enrollment Grade span 1 RSU 07/MSAD 07, North Haven $34,593 $2,040,962 59 K-12 2 Cranberry Isles School Department $33,351 $446,909 14 K-8 3 Islesboro School Department $32,795 $2,295,673 70 K-12 4 Frenchboro School Department $32,015 $144,068 4.5 K-8 5 Snow Pond Arts Academy $28,622 $1,302,295 45.5 9-11 6 Isle Au Haut School Department $27,423 $233,097 8.5 K-8 7 The Forks Plt School Dept 1 $26,477 $79,431 3 N/A 8 Southwest Harbor School Department $24,831 $3,451,509 139 K-8 9 MSAD 76, Swans Island $24,684 $1,258,870 51 K-8 10 East Range CSD $24,388 $499,954 20.5 K-8 11 Indian Island $23,699 $3,341,572 141 4YO-8 12 Wesley School Department $23,459 $246,322 10.5 K-8 13 Pleasant Point $23,296 $4,170,006 179 K-8 14 RSU 65/MSAD 65, Matinicus Isle Pl $23,138 $69,413 3 2-3 15 Brooklin School Department $22,755 $1,706,650 75 4YO-8 16 Chebeague Island School Department $21,603 $1,047,725 48.5 4YO-5 17 RSU 08/MSAD 08, Vinalhaven $21,528 $3,616,666 168 4YO-12 18 Brooksville School Department $21,234 $1,773,048 83.5 4YO-8 19 Beaver Cove School Department $21,160 $63,479 3 4-12 20 Mount Desert School Department $21,043 $3,777,199 179.5 K-8 Maine's highest per-pupil municipal expenditures for resident students, by school administrative unit Ranked by per-pupil expenditures, 2016–2017 N/A: Not applicable. 1 This School Administration Unit does not operate a school but tuition students to surrounding school systems. These units have a school board and a superintendent. S O U R C E : Maine Department of Education 200 200 IDEAS FOR MAINE'S BICENTENNIAL Local militia met at the Burnham Tavern in Machias, near the first naval battle of the American Revolution. Augusta is designated the capital of Maine in 1827. Home refrigerators put an end to ice exports in 1920.