Best Elementary Schools in Maine for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Maine Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MEA test scores by the Maine Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, February 16, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 64)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
231476200797	1	Mill Pond School	Public	PK, KG-6	175 Hodgdon Mills Road	Hodgdon	04730	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 70/Maine School Admin District 70	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 532-9228	268	24	11.2	69.0%	238 (88.8%)	9 (3.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,298							98.4%	91.7%	6.77%
230745000601	2	Lincolnville Central School	Public	PK, KG-8	523 Hope Road	Lincolnville	04849	Waldo County	Lincolnville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 763-3366	208	21	10.1	42.8%	205 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$19,344							96.9%	96.5%	0.38%
231477900704	3	Williams Elementary School	Public	3-5	55 Pleasant Street	Oakland	04963	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 18	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 465-2965	210	18	11.4	41.4%	200 (95.2%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	$17,014							95.3%	93.0%	2.33%
231173023159	4	Piscataquis Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	25 Campus Drive	Guilford	04443	Piscataquis County	Regional School Unit 80/Maine School Admin District 04	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 876-4301	268	25	10.6	56.0%	262 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$15,521							93.8%	75.4%	18.31%
231481500386	5	George B Weatherbee School	Public	3-5	22 Main Road North	Hampden	04444	Penobscot County	Regional School Unit 22	No	No	No	No	(207) 862-3254	307	22	13.9	21.5%	270 (87.9%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	4 (1.3%)	20 (6.5%)	$13,918							92.2%	87.7%	4.47%
230616000916	6	Great Salt Bay Community School	Public	K-8	767 Main St. Suite 2	Damariscotta	04543	Lincoln County	Great Salt Bay Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 563-3091	383	36	10.7	26.6%	365 (95.3%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$18,000							90.6%	89.0%	1.59%
231478900132	7	Durham Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	654 Hallowell Road	Durham	04222	Androscoggin County	Regional School Unit 05	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 353-9333	431	41	10.4	22.5%	420 (97.4%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$17,705							89.1%	92.5%	3.48%
231467000779	8	Waterboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	340 Sokokis Trail	East Waterboro	04030	York County	Regional School Unit 57/Maine School Admin District 57	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 247-6126	462	42	11.1	39.0%	443 (95.9%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$15,529							87.5%	54.4%	33.11%
231459000746	9	Canaan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	178 Main Street	Canaan	04924	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 54/Maine School Admin District 54	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 474-3901	201	19	10.5	70.6%	194 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$24,384							85.9%	86.0%	0.03%
231053000923	10	Wentworth School	Public	3-5	20 Quentin Drive	Scarborough	04074	Cumberland County	Scarborough Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 730-4600	614	59	10.4	13.2%	529 (86.2%)	16 (2.6%)	12 (2.0%)	52 (8.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,183							84.4%	93.4%	9.05%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MEA English Language Arts, MEA Mathematics test scores released by the Maine Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on February 16, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Maine Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Maine Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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