Best Public Schools in Brownville, ME

Summary:

The city of Brownville, Maine has only one public elementary school, Brownville Elementary School, which serves grades 3-4 with an enrollment of 94 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 41/Maine School Admin District 41.

Brownville Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and rating over the past three years, going from a rank of 163 and 2-star rating in 2022-2023 to a rank of 262 and 0-star rating in 2024-2025. The school's academic performance is a concern, with test scores in both English Language Arts and Math significantly below the state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 45.45% of Brownville Elementary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 63.84% for the state, and 39.77% were proficient or better in Math, compared to 49.38% for the state.

Other key metrics for Brownville Elementary School include a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% and a very high rate of 87.23% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.3 to 1, which could be a positive factor, but this does not seem to be translating into stronger academic performance based on the test score data.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MEA English Language Arts (2025)	MEA Mathematics (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	Total
Brownville Elementary School	Public	3-4	774 Main Road	Brownville	04414	Piscataquis County	Regional School Unit 41/Maine School Admin District 41	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 965-8184	93	10	9.6	84.9%	87 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	14.9	262^nd of 289 public elementary schools	9.3%		40.9	196^th of 288 public elementary schools	31.9%	66	45.5	39.8	$31,545

Cities Near Brownville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Milo	4.19 mi	2	260^th
Dover Foxcroft	12.36 mi	2	167^th
Charleston	15.18 mi	1
Howland	18.39 mi	2	75^th
Guilford	19.3 mi	2	247^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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