Best Public Schools in Arundel, ME

Summary:

The city of Arundel, Maine is home to a single elementary school, the Mildred L Day School, which serves students in grades K-5. This school is part of the Regional School Unit 21 District, which is ranked 24th out of 177 districts in the state of Maine and has a 4 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Mildred L Day School stands out as a high-performing elementary school, consistently ranking among the top schools in Maine. In the 2022-2023 school year, the school placed 48th out of 290 elementary schools statewide, and it has maintained a 4 or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing well above average. Additionally, the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.6, which is the second-best among the 3 elementary schools in the Regional School Unit 21 District.

While the Mildred L Day School has demonstrated strong academic performance, the school's student population is predominantly white (92.38%), suggesting a lack of racial and ethnic diversity. Additionally, the school has a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, which is a metric that the district may want to monitor and address to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed. Overall, the Mildred L Day School appears to be a high-quality educational institution, but the district may want to consider ways to enhance the school's diversity and improve attendance rates to provide the best possible learning environment for all students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				MEA English Language Arts (2023)	MEA Mathematics (2023)	MEA Science (2023)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MEA English Language Arts All Grades	MEA Mathematics All Grades	MEA Science All Grades	Total
Mildred L Day School	Public	K-5	600 Limerick Road	Arundel	04046	York County	Regional School Unit 21	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 284-4677	210	20	10.6	14.3%	194 (92.4%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	84.7	48^th of 290 public elementary schools	83.4%		82.3	28^th of 210 public elementary schools	86.7%	20	77.2	78.2	32.4	$24,668

Cities Near Arundel

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kennebunkport	2.36 mi	1	33^rd
Kennebunk	4.12 mi	4	22^nd
Biddeford	5.55 mi	6	208^th
Saco	7.26 mi	9
Wells	8.33 mi	3	44^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maine Department of Education.

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