Best Public Schools in East Machias, ME

Summary:

The city of East Machias, Maine has only one public school, Elm Street School-East Machias, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 194 students. The school is part of the East Machias Public Schools district, which is ranked 116 out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elm Street School-East Machias has seen a declining statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 138 out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 188 out of 289 in 2024-2025, both with a 2-star rating. The school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in 2023-2024. Academically, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rates are above the district and state averages, but its Mathematics and Science proficiency rates are below the state averages. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 46.91% in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite these challenges, Elm Street School-East Machias has a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 12.6, which could be an advantage in providing more individualized attention to students. Overall, the data suggests that the school may need to focus on improving its math and science instruction, as well as addressing the high chronic absenteeism rate and economic disadvantages faced by its student population.

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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
Elm Street School-East Machias	Public	PK, KG-8	38 Jacksonville Road	East Machias	04630	Washington County	East Machias Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 255-8692	176	15	12.0	51.1%	172 (97.7%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42.4	188^th of 289 public elementary schools	34.9%		49.3	166^th of 288 public elementary schools	42.4%	22	65.8	43.0	30.3	$15,639

Cities Near East Machias

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Machias	0.42 mi	3	235^th
Machiasport	3.48 mi	1	267^th
Jonesboro	7.12 mi	1	256^th
Cutler	10.43 mi	1	246^th
Jonesport	12.88 mi	2	219^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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