Best Public Schools in Bingham, ME

Summary:

The city of Bingham, Maine is home to two schools: Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School, serving grades 5-12, and Moscow Elementary, serving grades PK-4. Both schools are part of the Regional School Unit 83/Maine School Admin District 13, which is ranked 138th out of 176 districts in the state and rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School has seen a slight improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 97th out of 123 Maine high schools in 2022-2023 to 78th out of 119 in 2024-2025. However, the school's four-year graduation rate of 87.8% in 2023-2024 is accompanied by a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%. Moscow Elementary has experienced fluctuations in its statewide ranking, moving from 274th out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 174th out of 288 in 2023-2024, and then back down to 231st out of 289 in 2024-2025. Both schools perform below the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency on the Maine Educational Assessments (MEA).

The data also reveals that both schools have relatively small enrollments, with Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School having 122 students and Moscow Elementary having 54 students. Additionally, both schools have high free/reduced lunch rates, with Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School at 60.66% and Moscow Elementary at 59.26% in 2023-2024. The student-teacher ratios are also low, with Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School at 7.3 and Moscow Elementary at 6.5 in 2023-2024.

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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 (2024)
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
Moscow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	125 Canada RD	Bingham	04920	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 83/Maine School Admin District 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 672-5572	46	8	5.5	58.7%	44 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29.2	231^st of 289 public elementary schools	20.1%		47.6	174^th of 288 public elementary schools	39.6%	57	55.6	44.4		$35,211
Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School	Public	5-12	110 Meadow ST	Bingham	04920	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 83/Maine School Admin District 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 672-3300	104	14	7.2	65.4%	99 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	32.3	78^th of 119 public high schools	34.5%		21.1	97^th of 121 public high schools	19.8%	19	54.0	42.9	37.1	$31,803

Cities Near Bingham

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Solon	12.59 mi	1	107^th
Athens	16.8 mi	1	85^th
Cornville	18.17 mi	1	273^rd
Harmony	18.4 mi	1	116^th
North Anson	18.52 mi	2	209^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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