Best Public Schools in Liberty, ME

Summary:

The city of Liberty, Maine has only one school, the Walker Memorial School, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 67 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03, which is ranked 159 out of 177 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Walker Memorial School has a predominantly white student population (92.54%), with small percentages of Hispanic (4.48%) and students of two or more races (2.99%). The school has seen a decline in its performance, ranking 241 out of 290 Maine elementary schools in the 2022-2023 school year and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, down from a 2-star rating in previous years. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.2% and a significant portion of its student population (61.19%) receives free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage.

Despite the challenges faced by the Walker Memorial School, its student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is better than the ratios of 4 other elementary schools in the same district. However, further analysis is needed to understand the factors contributing to the school's declining performance and high chronic absenteeism, as well as the implications of the economic disadvantage faced by a majority of its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking ()				MEA English Language Arts (2023)	MEA Mathematics (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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MEA English Language Arts All Grades	MEA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Walker Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-5	33 West Main Street	Liberty	04949	Waldo County	Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 589-4208	67	6	10.6	61.2%	62 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	25.6	241^st of 290 public elementary schools	16.9%					(n/a)	55.2	41.4	$16,953

Cities Near Liberty

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Palermo	6.35 mi	1	146^th
Searsmont	6.87 mi	2	27^th
Somerville	6.9 mi	1
Washington	7.05 mi	1	40^th
Appleton	7.42 mi	1	52^nd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.