Best Public Schools in Otisfield, ME

Summary:

The city of Otisfield, Maine has a single public school, the Otisfield Community School, which serves grades PK-6 and has an enrollment of 117 students. The school has seen steady improvement in its academic performance over the past few years, rising from the bottom 6% of Maine elementary schools in 2018-2019 to the top 44% in 2022-2023. However, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 22.9%, well above the national average.

The Otisfield Community School serves a student population that is predominantly white (94.02%), with small percentages of Hispanic (2.56%) and Asian (0.85%) students. Over 38% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic need in the community. Despite these socioeconomic factors, the school's student-teacher ratio of 10.4 is better than 4 other elementary schools in the Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17, which may be a positive factor in the school's educational environment.

Overall, the Otisfield Community School appears to be making progress in its academic performance, but faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism and a student population with relatively high economic need. The school's favorable student-teacher ratio may be a strength that could help address these issues, and the community should continue to support the school's efforts to improve educational outcomes for 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
Otisfield Community School	Public	PK, KG-6	416 Powhattan Road	Otisfield	04270	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 627-4208	117	11	10.4	38.5%	110 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	60	127^th of 290 public elementary schools	56.2%					(n/a)	73.6	45.3	$17,564

Cities Near Otisfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oxford	3.27 mi	1	253^rd
Poland	6.03 mi	3	125^th
Harrison	7.16 mi	1	242^nd
Mechanic Falls	7.23 mi	1	266^th
Casco	7.91 mi	1	118^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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