Best Public Schools in Brooklin, ME

Summary:

The city of Brooklin, Maine has a single elementary school, the Brooklin School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 52 students. The school is part of the Brooklin Public Schools district, which is ranked 61 out of 177 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Brooklin School has a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is higher than the state average. Academically, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 62.96% is lower than the district average of 71.43% and slightly below the state average of 65.43%. However, the school's mathematics proficiency rate of 63.33% is higher than the state average of 47.21% but lower than the district average of 67.74%. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.5, suggesting a more personalized learning environment.

Over the years, the Brooklin School's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 150 out of 284 elementary schools in 2014-2015 (2-star rating) to 57 out of 290 in 2022-2023 (4-star rating). In the most recent 2023-2024 school year, the school is ranked 115 out of 288 elementary schools in the state, with a 3-star rating. The school's relatively high free and reduced lunch rate of 30.77% indicates that a significant portion of the student population comes from low-income families, which may have implications for the school's resources and support systems.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MEA English Language Arts (2024)	MEA Mathematics (2024)	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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MEA English Language Arts All Grades	MEA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Brooklin School	Public	PK, KG-8	41 School Street	Brooklin	04616	Hancock County	Brooklin Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 359-2133	52	6	8.5	30.8%	46 (88.5%)	3 (5.8%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63.9	115^th of 288 public elementary schools	60.1%		81	57^th of 290 public elementary schools	80.3%	58	63.0	63.3	$39,830

Cities Near Brooklin

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Deer Isle	6.28 mi	2	226^th
Swans Island	7.94 mi	1	54^th
Sedgwick	9.62 mi	1	204^th
Bass Harbor	9.87 mi	1	229^th
Southwest Harbor	11.3 mi	1	34^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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