Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04943

Summary:

The 04943 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Somerset Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 240 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 19 district, which is ranked 138 out of 177 districts in Maine and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Somerset Elementary School faces several challenges, including consistently low academic performance, with only 51.81% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 42.17% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 64.63% and 48.68%, respectively. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 36.2%, significantly higher than the state average, and a high percentage (82.5%) of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.4, which can be beneficial for student learning, the data suggests that Somerset Elementary School has struggled to improve its academic performance over time, ranking in the bottom half of Maine elementary schools for the past three school years. Additionally, the school's student population is overwhelmingly white, with very low percentages of racial and ethnic diversity, which may indicate a lack of representation within the school community.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				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 (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MEA English Language Arts All Grades	MEA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Somerset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	45 Blake Street	Hartland	04943	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 19	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 938-4770	223	22	10.1	74.4%	213 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.6%)	22.5	252^nd of 290 public elementary schools	13.1%		3.8	199^th of 210 public elementary schools	5.2%	53	51.8	42.2	$21,480

Cities Near Zip Code 04943

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hartland	0.5 mi	1	246^th
Pittsfield	7.54 mi	3	164^th
Harmony	7.67 mi	1	244^th
Newport	7.89 mi	3	207^th
Canaan	10.32 mi	1	72^nd

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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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