Editing Falmouth, Maine (section)

==Education==

Until June 2011, the town had a K–12 school system that included four individual school buildings. Lunt School included grades K–2 followed by Plummer-Motz which contained grades 3–4. Falmouth Middle School incorporated grades 5–8 and Falmouth High School contained grades 9–12. A new building, Falmouth Elementary School, opened in the fall of 2011. It was dedicated on September 17, 2011. The new elementary school contains grades K–5, replacing both Lunt School and Plummer-Motz.  Falmouth Middle School now contains grades 6–8. The School Department is under the jurisdiction of the Falmouth School Board with participation of the Leadership Council and Superintendent of the Schools. Falmouth sports teams were known as the Yachtsmen until 2021, when the school board voted to change the nickname to the Navigators, citing concerns with gender bias and elitism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/04/28/falmouth-high-to-drop-its-yachtsmen-nickname-and-mascot/ |title=Falmouth High to drop its Yachtsmen nickname and mascot |date=April 28, 2021|website=[[Portland Press Herald]]}}</ref>

The Falmouth School Department is considered well above average by Maine state standards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/new-rankings-these-are-the-best-school-districts-in-maine-2020/28697608 |title=New rankings: These are the best school districts in Maine |date=August 16, 2019 |website=[[WMTW (TV)|WMTW]] |access-date=December 21, 2019}}</ref> Falmouth was named the "Top City to Live and Learn" by ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/04/25/best-schools-for-real-estate-buck.html|title=The Best Schools for Your Real Estate Buck|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>