Best Public Schools in South Berwick, ME

Summary:

The city of South Berwick, Maine is home to 3 schools that serve students from elementary through high school. The schools include 2 elementary schools (Central School and Marshwood Great Works School) and 1 high school (Marshwood High School), all of which are part of the Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35.

Among the standout schools in the area, Marshwood High School shines, ranking 9th out of 123 Maine high schools and maintaining a high 92.6% 4-year graduation rate. The school also has a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 20.4% and the lowest percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients at 10.56%. In contrast, the elementary schools show more variation, with Marshwood Great Works School ranking 16th out of 254 Maine elementary schools and having the highest student-teacher ratio of 12.9 among the 3 schools.

Across the district, the schools have a predominantly white student population, ranging from 92.2% to 92.69%. While Marshwood High School has seen a significant improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 62nd out of 82 Maine high schools in 2020-2021 to 9th out of 123 in 2022-2023, the elementary schools have maintained more consistent rankings, with Central School ranking between 33rd and 73rd out of Maine elementary schools over the past three school years.

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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
Central School	Public	PK, KG-3	197 Main Street	South Berwick	03908	York County	Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35	No	No	No	No	(207) 384-2333	387	29	13.5	12.7%	355 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	77.1	73^rd of 290 public elementary schools	74.8%		71.5	53^rd of 210 public elementary schools	74.8%	20	71.2	61.6		$16,628
Marshwood Great Works School	Public	4-5	49 Academy Street	South Berwick	03908	York County	Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35	No	No	No	No	(207) 384-4010	304	24	12.7	9.2%	290 (95.4%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)								(n/a)	68.0	48.1	22.0	$17,459
Marshwood High School	Public	9-12	260 Dow Highway	South Berwick	03908	York County	Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35	No	No	No	No	(207) 384-4500	669	51	13.1	9.6%	609 (91.0%)	10 (1.5%)	19 (2.8%)	8 (1.2%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.5%)	80.2	9^th of 123 public high schools	92.7%		57.2	47^th of 98 public high schools	52.0%	38	82.6	55.7	47.8	$17,760

Cities Near South Berwick

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Berwick	3.61 mi	3	181^st
North Berwick	5.22 mi	2	121^st
Eliot	5.43 mi	2	31^st
Kittery	8.29 mi	2	93^rd
York	8.51 mi	4	19^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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