Best Public Schools in Otisfield, ME

Summary:

The city of Otisfield, Maine has only one school, the Otisfield Community School, which serves grades PK-6 with an enrollment of 125 students. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, dropping from 127 out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 270 out of 288 schools in 2023-2024, with a 0-star rating. Its projected ranking for 2024-2025 is 236 out of 289 schools, with a 1-star rating.

Academically, the Otisfield Community School has mixed performance compared to the Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17 and the state averages. In 2024-2025, the school had 53.13% proficiency in English Language Arts, compared to 52.44% for the district and 63.84% for the state. In Mathematics, the school had 45.31% proficiency, compared to 35.6% for the district and 49.38% for the state. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% and a high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 48%.

Despite these challenges, the Otisfield Community School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.2 in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance and ranking suggest that it may need to focus on improving its academic outcomes, particularly in Mathematics, and addressing the underlying causes of student absenteeism to better serve the community of Otisfield, Maine.

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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
Otisfield Community School	Public	PK, KG-6	416 Powhattan Road	Otisfield	04270	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 627-4208	115	11	10.7	52.2%	105 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)	27.2	236^th of 289 public elementary schools	18.3%		12.5	270^th of 288 public elementary schools	6.3%	34	53.1	45.3	$20,811

Cities Near Otisfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Oxford	3.27 mi	1	261^st
Poland	6.03 mi	3	192^nd
Harrison	7.16 mi	1	214^th
Mechanic Falls	7.23 mi	1	269^th
Casco	7.91 mi	1	121^st

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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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