Nationally Recognized Education
Primary Education
Maine is well above the national average in the number of people with a high school diploma. In the fall of 1999, the National Education Goals Panel ranked Maine as having the best education system in America-for the second year in a row. Maine also ranked above all other states in high-school completion rate. 

Locally, Lewiston-Auburn has among the state's finest public and private schools, including 15 public elementary schools, three private elementary schools, two middle schools, two public high schools, and a private high school. 

Secondary Education
Lewiston-Auburn is home to four colleges, one of the only hospital-affiliated nursing and radiologic technology degree programs in the country and other educational assets such as the New England School of Metalwork. There are now more than 6,000 students pursuing post-secondary education in the community. 

Bates College
Bates College is among the nation's top liberal arts colleges, with Biology and Chemistry among the fastest growing programs. More than two-thirds of recent Bates College alumni have earned graduate or professional degrees within 10 years of graduation. The Bates Center for Service-Learning involves more than half the students in projects that integrate class life with community service. 

Lewiston-Auburn College
Lewiston-Auburn College is the fastest growing campus of the University of Maine System. L-A College houses that state's first virtual gross anatomy lab, which allows for virtual human organ operations. L-A College recently launched the Workplace Learning Parntership Project providing educational coaching to local manufacturing employees in small-to mid-sized companies in order to prepare them for economic and technological change. 

Central Maine Community College
Central Maine Community College ofers degree programs in business, health care, computer science and other high-tech industries. CMCC also provides customized training for business, industry and job training agencies. CMCC offers the state's only Graphic Arts/Printing Technology program- one of the finest in New England. The School also staffs a Maine Quality Center program, a customized employee training and recruiting initiative at no cost to qualified companies. 

Andover College
Portland-based Andover College opened its L-A campus in 2004, offering degrees in business administration, computer technology, criminal justice, and more. 

K-12 School Info 

Higher Education 

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