Best Public Schools in Hartland, ME

Summary:

The city of Hartland, Maine has a single public elementary school, Somerset Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 223 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 19 district, which is ranked 134 out of 176 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Somerset Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 166 out of 289 Maine elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 252 out of 290 in 2022-2023. Its test scores in both English Language Arts and Mathematics are below the regional and statewide averages, with only 55.56% of students proficient or better in ELA and 61.73% in Math. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% and a significant majority (74.44%) of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

However, Somerset Elementary School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 to 1, which is generally considered favorable for student learning. While the school faces some challenges, this smaller class size could be leveraged to provide more individualized attention and support for students, potentially helping to improve academic outcomes over time.

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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
Somerset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	45 Blake Street	Hartland	04943	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 19	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 938-4770	231	20	11.5	74.5%	219 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	49.8	166^th of 289 public elementary schools	42.6%		34.8	224^th of 288 public elementary schools	22.2%	58	55.6	61.7	$24,844

Cities Near Hartland

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pittsfield	7.54 mi	3	172^nd
Harmony	7.67 mi	1	116^th
Newport	7.89 mi	3	240^th
Canaan	10.32 mi	1	53^rd
Athens	10.93 mi	1	85^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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