Best Public Schools in Madawaska, ME

Summary:

The city of Madawaska, Maine is home to two public schools: Madawaska Middle/High School and Madawaska Elementary School, both part of the Madawaska Public Schools district. While the middle/high school has seen a significant decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 26th out of 123 Maine high schools in 2022-2023 to 83rd out of 119 in 2024-2025, the elementary school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maine elementary schools, with a ranking of 173rd out of 289 in 2024-2025.

Both schools face challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates of 23.4% in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the state average. Academically, the schools underperform the state average in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency on the Maine Educational Assessments (MEA), with the most significant gap in Mathematics, where Madawaska Middle/High School scored 31.15% proficient or better, compared to the state average of 49.38%. Additionally, Madawaska Elementary School has a very high free/reduced lunch rate of 59.17%, indicating a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

However, both schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios of 10.7 and 10.2, respectively, which is generally considered a positive indicator for student learning. Addressing the socioeconomic challenges faced by a significant portion of the student population and identifying the root causes of the schools' underperformance should be key priorities for the district as they work to improve the quality of education in Madawaska.

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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
Madawaska Middle/High School	Public	6-12	135 Seventh AVE	Madawaska	04756	Aroostook County	Madawaska Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 728-3371	205	19	11.0	38.5%	179 (87.3%)	4 (2.0%)	14 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	29.3	83^rd of 119 public high schools	30.3%		39.9	64^th of 121 public high schools	47.1%	19	56.5	31.2	45.6	$19,827
Madawaska Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	353 Eleventh AVE	Madawaska	04756	Aroostook County	Madawaska Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 728-3635	162	17	9.8	62.3%	142 (87.7%)	2 (1.2%)	12 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	48.1	173^rd of 289 public elementary schools	40.1%		52.3	153^rd of 288 public elementary schools	46.9%	20	62.5	55.6	23.1	$34,862

Cities Near Madawaska

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Frenchville	6.13 mi	1
Saint Agatha	6.9 mi	2	109^th
Fort Kent	13.38 mi	3	120^th
Van Buren	22.22 mi	3	188^th
Saint Francis	29 mi	1

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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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