Best Public Schools in Mechanic Falls, ME

Summary:

Mechanic Falls, Maine is home to a single elementary school, Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 245 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 16 district, which ranks 110 out of 177 districts in Maine and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls has a predominantly white student population (91.43%), with smaller percentages of other racial groups. However, the school has a low statewide ranking, placing 281 out of 290 Maine elementary schools, and a 0-star rating. This is likely due to the school's high chronic absenteeism rate of 16.9% and the fact that 40.82% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite these challenges, Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.4, which is the lowest among the 3 elementary schools in the Regional School Unit 16 district. This suggests the school is allocating resources effectively in terms of staffing, but other factors may be impacting student achievement. Overall, the data suggests that Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls is a low-performing elementary school that faces significant challenges, and further investigation would be needed to identify the root causes and develop targeted strategies for improvement.

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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
Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls	Public	PK, KG-6	129 Elm Street	Mechanic Falls	04256	Androscoggin County	Regional School Unit 16	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 345-3381	231	23	10.2	48.5%	213 (92.2%)	2 (0.9%)	8 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	9.6	281^st of 290 public elementary schools	3.1%		19.1	172^nd of 210 public elementary schools	18.1%	109	50.0	27.9	21.4	$18,010

Cities Near Mechanic Falls

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Minot	2.06 mi	1	116^th
Poland	3.09 mi	3	125^th
Auburn	5.99 mi	8	185^th
Oxford	6.59 mi	1	253^rd
Lewiston	8.31 mi	9	256^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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