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Best Elementary Schools in Appleton, ME

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132

Students

Top rankedAppleton Village School118^th of 289 Maine elementary schools

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Appleton Village School up 11 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Appleton, Maine is home to a single elementary school, the Appleton Village School, which serves students from grades K-6. The school has demonstrated strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics, where it has consistently outperformed the state averages. However, the school's Science proficiency rates have been lower than the state average, which could be an area for improvement.

The Appleton Public Schools district, of which Appleton Village School is a part, is ranked 69th out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 3-star rating. The school itself has been ranked between 64th and 129th out of 288-290 Maine elementary schools over the past three school years, and has maintained a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, though it had a 4-star rating in 2022-2023.

Appleton Village School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.8 to 1 and a moderate level of economic disadvantage, with 35.56% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. However, the school has experienced a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year, which could be impacting its academic performance and may be an area of focus for the school and district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MEA English Language Arts (2025)	MEA Mathematics (2025)	MEA Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MEA English Language Arts All Grades	MEA Mathematics All Grades	MEA Science All Grades	Total
Appleton Village School	Public	PK, KG-8	737 Union Road	Appleton	04862	Knox County	Appleton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 785-4504	132	18	7.2	48.5%	125 (94.7%)	3 (2.3%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.5	118^th of 289 public elementary schools	59.2%		58.7	129^th of 288 public elementary schools	55.2%	11	68.5	56.5	36.7	$28,955

Cities Near Appleton

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hope	3.02 mi	1	46^th
Union	3.41 mi	1	84^th
Washington	5.72 mi	1	6^th
Lincolnville	7.6 mi	1	25^th
Searsmont	8.07 mi	2	56^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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