Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Maine School of Science and Mathematics
A rainbow cast over the MSSM dormitory in August 2011, prior to its repainting in late 2012.
Address
95 High Street Limestone, Maine USA
Coordinates	46°54′28″N 67°49′43″W / 46.9078°N 67.8285°W / 46.9078; -67.8285Coordinates: 46°54′28″N 67°49′43″W / 46.9078°N 67.8285°W / 46.9078; -67.8285
Information
School type	Magnet School
Established	1995
Authority	State of Maine
Director	Luke Shorty
Enrollment	149
Mascot	Penguin
USNWR ranking	14th (National), 1st (New England)
Website	www.mssm.org

The Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM) is a residential magnet high school in Limestone, Maine.

MSSM serves students from all over the state of Maine, as well as youth from other states and international students. It is a high school for students in grades 9–12, and its summer program is for boys and girls from grades 5–9. MSSM is an all-residential boarding school with two dormitories and a total capacity of 156 students. The school currently has 153 attending students.

After the announcement that Loring Air Force Base would be closed, funding from the Defense Reauthorization Bill provided for the creation of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics at the site of Limestone High School, which was going to lose many of its students upon the closure of the base. The town's elementary school was eventually converted into dormitories for the school, as they are located on the same property.^[1] MSSM continues to share the former Limestone High School building with the local Limestone Community School. Each school occupies approximately half of the building. Due to their small size and physical proximity, the two schools also share most of their sports teams. In 2014, the school acquired a new dormitory, dubbed "Limestone Manor", in the center of town. The building housed a nursing home until the business relocated in 2013. Currently, the Limestone Manor, a male-only dormitory, houses close to 30 students.^[2]

Chartered and funded by the Maine State Legislature,^[3] MSSM opened with a pioneer class in 1995. At that time, it was only the eleventh statewide residential magnet school specializing in mathematics and science education in the United States and the only school of its kind in New England. Both remain true today. It is the only magnet school currently operating in Maine.

MSSM graduates attend leading colleges around the country. In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked MSSM #13^[4] on its list of "America's Best High Schools," a ranking of public high schools in the United States. The school is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology^[5] (NCSSSMST).

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Maine Private and Boarding High Schools

Boarding High Schools	Bridgton Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy Foxcroft Academy Fryeburg Academy Gould Academy Hebron Academy Maine Central Institute Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Private High Schools	Berwick Academy Breakwater School Bridgton Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy Catherine McAuley High School Cheverus High School Erskine Academy Foxcroft Academy École Française du Maine Friends School of Portland Fryeburg Academy Gould Academy Hebron Academy John Bapst Memorial High School Kents Hill School Lee Academy Maine Central Institute Merriconeag Waldorf School North Yarmouth Academy Pine Tree Academy Robert William Traip Academy Saint-Dominic Academy The Hyde Schools Thornton Academy Tidewater School Washington Academy Waynflete School

Former High Schools	Cathedral School (Maine) Coburn Classical Institute Élan School Gorham Academy Grace Baptist School Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine) Parsonsfield Seminary

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