Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04359

Summary:

The 04359 zip code is home to a single elementary school, River View Community School, which serves grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 183 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 11/Maine School Administrative District 11.

River View Community School has a predominantly White student population (92.9%), with smaller percentages of African American (3.83%), Hispanic (1.09%), and Asian (0.55%) students. The school has a 2-star rating out of 5 from School Digger and has seen its ranking fluctuate in recent years, from 123rd out of 210 Maine elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 175th out of 290 in the current 2022-2023 school year. While the school's English Language Arts performance is slightly below the district and state averages, its Mathematics performance is above both, suggesting an area of strength.

However, the school faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 15.3% and a large percentage of students (43.17%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a population with lower socioeconomic status. These factors may impact the school's overall academic performance, which is an area for potential improvement. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.1 to 1 is a positive, but the school's science proficiency rate of 26.92% is significantly lower than the district and state averages.

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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
River View Community School	Public	3-5	821 River Road	South Gardiner	04359	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 11/Maine School Admin District 11	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 582-3402	183	15	12.1	43.2%	170 (92.9%)	7 (3.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	47.1	175^th of 290 public elementary schools	39.7%		40.1	123^rd of 210 public elementary schools	41.4%	52	61.5	52.8	26.9	$15,465

Cities Near Zip Code 04359

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gardiner	1.1 mi	3	149^th
Pittston	1.84 mi	1	136^th
South Gardiner	2.18 mi	1	170^th
Farmingdale	4.54 mi	1	56^th
West Gardiner	4.98 mi	1	171^st

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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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