Best Public Schools in Castine, ME

Summary:

The city of Castine, Maine is home to a single standout elementary school, 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 2nd out of 176 districts in the state of Maine and is rated 5 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Adams School has consistently demonstrated academic excellence, ranking 5th out of 289 Maine elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year, 18th out of 288 in 2023-2024, and 9th out of 290 in 2022-2023. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger throughout this period. Students at Adams School have shown higher proficiency rates in both Mathematics and English Language Arts compared to the Castine Public Schools district and the state of Maine as a whole.

While Adams School has a very low student-teacher ratio of 5.7 to 1, indicating a high level of individual attention and support for students, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 5.56%, suggesting a potentially homogeneous student population in terms of socioeconomic status. These factors may be areas for the school and district to explore further to ensure equitable access and support for all students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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 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	45	9	4.8	17.8%	43 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	97.3	5^th of 289 public elementary schools	98.3%		92.4	18^th of 288 public elementary schools	93.8%	13	81.8	$29,085

Cities Near Castine

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Brooksville	1.67 mi	1	159^th
Penobscot	6.45 mi	1	8^th
Sedgwick	6.64 mi	1	201^st
Searsport	8.18 mi	3	244^th
Northport	9.38 mi	2	5^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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