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Schools in Northeast Harbor

Northeast Harbor’s public schools

Mount Desert and Mount Desert Community School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northeast Harbor. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Maine’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Maine’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
98%
2021–22
Math proficiency
98%
2021–22
Spent per student
$27.9K
▲ 35% vs ME $20.6K
FY2024 · Mount Desert
Students per teacher
8.0
ME 11.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
614 students on the public path
In brief

Northeast Harbor’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Northeast Harbor’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s 487 public schools. Mt Desert Island High School places highest (better than 97%); Mt Desert Elementary School lowest (90%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Northeast Harbor, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Mt Desert Elementary SchoolMount DesertA
9–12Mt Desert Island High Schoolin Bar HarborA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mount Desert.

Two districts serve Northeast Harbor

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Mount DesertGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 161 students, up 16% since 2020–21 · 7.3 per teacher (ME 11.3)
$31,057ME $20,630 · FY2024
A+
Mount Desert Community School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 1 schools · 453 students, down 15% since 2020–21 · 8.2 per teacher (ME 11.3)
$27,878ME $20,630 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–8, Mount Desert98%
State average 84.1% · 104 students tested
Math · PK–8, Mount Desert98%
State average 81.5% · 105 students tested
Reading · 9–12, Mount Desert Community School District92%
State average 84.1% · 79 students tested
Math · 9–12, Mount Desert Community School District98%
State average 81.5% · 77 students tested

Northeast Harbor vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Maine towns that share Northeast Harbor’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Northeast Harbor—Mount Desert PK–8 · Mount Desert 9–12
Mount DesertA+Mount Desert PK–8 · Mount Desert 9–12
Southwest HarborASouthwest Harbor PK–8 · Mount Desert 9–12
Cranberry Isles—Cranberry Isles

2 of the 3 neighbors share Mount Desert with Northeast Harbor for grades 9–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Northeast Harbor

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Maine’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Northeast Harborin other towns
Mt Desert Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
A
161 students7:1Rate it →
Mt Desert Island High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Bar Harbor
A+
453 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Northeast Harbor’s schools

Are Northeast Harbor’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Northeast Harbor. Mount Desert and Mount Desert Community School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Northeast Harbor. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Northeast Harbor in?

Mount Desert and Mount Desert Community School District.

Where do Northeast Harbor kids go to high school?

Mt Desert Island High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.