Best Public Schools in Mexico, ME

Summary:

The city of Mexico, Maine is home to two schools, Mountain Valley Middle School and Meroby Elementary School, both of which are part of the Regional School Unit 10 district. These schools face significant challenges, with both ranking in the bottom 20% of their respective grade levels in the state of Maine.

While Meroby Elementary School has a notably low student-teacher ratio of 9.9, suggesting more personalized attention for students, both schools have high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, over 74%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. Additionally, the schools struggle with high chronic absenteeism rates, with Mountain Valley Middle School at 36.0% and Meroby Elementary School at 32.2%, which may be an area for the district to focus on improving.

Overall, the data highlights the challenges facing the schools in Mexico, Maine, particularly in terms of academic performance and student engagement. However, the low student-teacher ratios, especially at Meroby Elementary School, could be a potential strength that the district could leverage to provide more personalized attention and support for students, potentially helping to address the schools' underperformance compared to their peers across the state.

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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
Mountain Valley Middle School	Public	5-8	58 Highland Terrace	Mexico	04257	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 10	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 364-7926	354	32	11.2	76.3%	318 (89.8%)	5 (1.4%)	19 (5.4%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.5%)	7.1	95^th of 96 public middle schools	1.0%		8.5	87^th of 93 public middle schools	6.5%	8	48.5	25.7	16.3	$19,316
Meroby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	21 Cross Street	Mexico	04257	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 10	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 364-3714	249	25	9.9	74.7%	228 (91.6%)	3 (1.2%)	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	28.1	233^rd of 290 public elementary schools	19.7%					(n/a)	34.5	51.7		$20,285

Cities Near Mexico

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rumford	0.7 mi	2	231^st
Dixfield	4.25 mi	4	259^th
Peru	4.74 mi	2	251^st
Andover	11.77 mi	2	109^th
Bryant Pond	12.09 mi	1	43^rd

See the top ME Maine cities

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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