Best Public Schools in Hermon, ME

Summary:

The city of Hermon, Maine is home to three public schools serving students from elementary through high school: Hermon High School, Patricia A Duran School, and Hermon Middle School. Among these, Hermon High School stands out as a consistently high-performing institution, ranking among the top 20 high schools in the state of Maine for the past three years and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

With a 92.4% four-year graduation rate, Hermon High School boasts an impressive academic record, along with a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 24.8%. In contrast, the elementary and middle schools in the Hermon Public Schools district do not appear to be as strong, with lower state-wide rankings and higher chronic absenteeism rates.

Across the three schools, the student population is predominantly white, ranging from 91.79% to 94.86% white students. The free and reduced lunch rates are similar, falling between 22.43% and 24.38%. While Hermon High School maintains a high student-teacher ratio of 15.3, the other two schools have lower ratios, with Patricia A Duran School having the lowest at 12.9.

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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
Patricia A Duran School	Public	PK, KG-4	235 Billings Road	Hermon	04401	Penobscot County	Hermon Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 848-4081	463	36	12.7	22.7%	431 (93.1%)	6 (1.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.3%)	68.3	102^nd of 290 public elementary schools	64.8%		34.9	140^th of 210 public elementary schools	33.3%	38	63.6	66.5		$14,109
Hermon Middle School	Public	5-8	29 Billings Road	Hermon	04401	Penobscot County	Hermon Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 848-4070	329	25	13.1	26.1%	297 (90.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)	55.9	31^st of 96 public middle schools	67.7%		38.6	63^rd of 93 public middle schools	32.3%	32	67.9	47.6	40.5	$13,714
Hermon High School	Public	9-12	2415 Route 2	Hermon	04401	Penobscot County	Hermon Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 848-4027	567	39	14.6	23.8%	538 (94.9%)	5 (0.9%)	12 (2.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	69.6	18^th of 123 public high schools	85.4%		59.1	45^th of 98 public high schools	54.1%	27	71.2	53.9	45.1	$13,631

Cities Near Hermon

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bangor	0.36 mi	11	55^th
Brewer	1.82 mi	2	135^th
Veazie	3.75 mi	1	80^th
Hampden	5.88 mi	4	23^rd
Eddington	5.95 mi	1

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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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