Best Public Schools in Kittery, ME

Summary:

The city of Kittery, Maine is home to two schools: Shapleigh School, a middle school, and Robert W Traip Academy, a high school. While both schools have maintained relatively low student-teacher ratios, they face challenges in areas such as chronic absenteeism and mixed academic performance.

Shapleigh School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 30th out of 96 Maine middle schools in 2022-2023 to 52nd out of 91 in 2024-2025. However, the school's English Language Arts test scores have remained strong, with 64.74% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 63.84%. In contrast, the school's performance in Mathematics and Science lags behind the district and state averages.

Robert W Traip Academy has maintained a solid four-year graduation rate of 87.8% in 2023-2024, but its test scores are mixed, with stronger performance in Mathematics compared to English Language Arts and Science. Both schools share a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is an area of concern for the Kittery Public Schools district.

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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
Shapleigh School	Public	4-8	43 Stevenson Road	Kittery	03904	York County	Kittery Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 439-2572	357	41	8.7	24.4%	296 (82.9%)	4 (1.1%)	23 (6.4%)	11 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	37.5	52^nd of 91 public middle schools	42.9%		49.4	39^th of 92 public middle schools	57.6%	13	64.7	36.1	35.4	$27,716
Robert W Traip Academy	Public	9-12	12 Williams Avenue	Kittery	03904	York County	Kittery Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 439-1121	294	30	9.8	20.1%	229 (77.9%)	7 (2.4%)	30 (10.2%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.1%)	31.9	79^th of 119 public high schools	33.6%		40.2	63^rd of 121 public high schools	47.9%	16	60.9	45.3	24.7	$29,337

Cities Near Kittery

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kittery Point	2.32 mi	1	68^th
Eliot	2.9 mi	2	21^st
York	5.31 mi	4	17^th
South Berwick	7.64 mi	3	29^th
Berwick	12.44 mi	3	133^rd

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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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