Best Public Schools in Castine, ME

Summary:

The city of Castine, Maine is home to a single exceptional elementary school, the Adams School, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 54 students. The school is part of the Castine Public Schools district, which is ranked 9th out of 177 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The Adams School is a standout institution, consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in Maine. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school placed 18th out of 288 Maine elementary schools, and in 2022-2023, it ranked 9th out of 290. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating excellent performance across multiple metrics. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (77.78%) and Mathematics (80%) are significantly higher than the state averages (65.43% and 47.21% respectively).

While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% is slightly higher than the state average, it is still relatively low. The school also has an exceptionally low student-teacher ratio of 5.7 to 1, providing students with a high level of individual attention. Furthermore, the school's free/reduced lunch recipients rate of 5.56% suggests a relatively affluent student population, which may contribute to the school's strong academic performance.

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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
Adams School	Public	PK, KG-8	27 School Street	Castine	04421	Hancock County	Castine Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 326-8608	54	9	5.7	5.6%	52 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	92.4	18^th of 288 public elementary schools	93.8%		94.4	9^th of 290 public elementary schools	96.9%	9	77.8	80.0	$29,085

Cities Near Castine

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brooksville	1.67 mi	1	133^rd
Penobscot	6.45 mi	1	16^th
Sedgwick	6.64 mi	1	204^th
Searsport	8.18 mi	3	239^th
Northport	9.38 mi	2	9^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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