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L’Ecole Française du Maine Located in Freeport, L’Ecole Française du Maine is Maine's only immersion school. In fact, it's the only immersion school north of Boston. Students study everything they do in regular schools, the only difference is that everything is taught in French. The school includes grades PreK-6 and has a little under 100 students. It was founded in 2002, offers English Language Arts class and Mandarin as a second language. Their website states that student will master the French language in around 2-3 years. The school incorporates the Maine Learning Results for an easy transition into a mainstream school after 6th grade. Tuition is $11,000 per year.

Statistics: 3,146 Limited English Proficient students in Maine in 2006 25% of ELL students are going to a Portland public school

According to the 2000 Census, 92.25% of Maine residents who are older than 5 speak English, 5.28% speak French, 0.79% Spanish, 0.33% German and 0.12% Italian.

Maine is the ranked #49 for Spanish-speaking residents