Best Public Schools in Buckfield, ME

Summary:

The city of Buckfield, Maine has only one public school, Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 and is part of Regional School Unit 10. While the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11:1, it has seen a concerning decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 76th out of 119 Maine high schools in 2024-2025 to 112th out of 123 in 2022-2023, with a current rating of 1 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

Buckfield Junior-Senior High School's academic performance is a cause for concern, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science all falling below the regional and statewide averages. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 58.51% compared to the state average of 63.84%, and its Math proficiency rate was 41.49% compared to the state average of 49.38%. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average and can negatively impact student learning and achievement.

Socioeconomic factors may also play a role in the school's performance, as 41.42% of its students received free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a population with lower socioeconomic status. While the school's four-year graduation rate for 2023-2024 was a positive 87.8%, the overall data suggests that Buckfield Junior-Senior High School is facing significant challenges in terms of academic performance, student engagement, and socioeconomic factors, which the school and district will need to address to improve educational outcomes for their students.

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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
Buckfield Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	160 Morrill Street	Buckfield	04220	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 10	No	No	No	No	(207) 336-2151	228	22	10.1	53.1%	222 (97.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	33.5	76^th of 119 public high schools	36.1%		20.3	100^th of 121 public high schools	17.4%	24	58.5	41.5	33.8	$13,545

Cities Near Buckfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hebron	3.9 mi	1	227^th
Sumner	5.41 mi	1	168^th
Turner	7.14 mi	4	155^th
Paris	8.11 mi	3	259^th
South Paris	9.33 mi	1

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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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