Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04342

Summary:

The 04342 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Dresden Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 71 students. While the school's English Language Arts proficiency is slightly above the state average, its Mathematics proficiency is well below, and the school has experienced a significant decline in its statewide ranking in recent years.

Dresden Elementary School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 41.6%, which is significantly above the state average. The school's student population is also overwhelmingly white, with 97.18% of students identifying as such, limiting the diversity of the educational experience. Additionally, the school's Regional School Unit 02 has seen the school's statewide ranking drop from 48 out of 254 in 2017-2018 to 222 out of 290 in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a concerning decline in overall performance.

Despite these challenges, Dresden Elementary School does have some positive attributes, such as a favorable student-teacher ratio of 7.4 to 1 and a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 38.03%. However, the school's uneven academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rate suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to address these issues and improve student outcomes.

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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
Dresden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	86 Cedar Grove Road	Dresden	04342	Lincoln County	Regional School Unit 02	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 737-2559	71	10	7.4	38.0%	69 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.1	222^nd of 290 public elementary schools	23.4%					(n/a)	64.3	32.1	$26,448

Cities Near Zip Code 04342

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dresden	3.38 mi	1	217^th
Richmond	3.51 mi	6	196^th
Wiscasset	5.05 mi	8
South Gardiner	6.72 mi	1	170^th
Edgecomb	7.64 mi	1	114^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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