Best Public Schools in Perry, ME

Summary:

The city of Perry, Maine is home to two elementary schools: Sipayik Elementary School and Perry Elementary School. Both schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and are part of the Sipayik Elementary School and Perry Public Schools districts, respectively.

Sipayik Elementary School stands out for its extremely high free and reduced lunch rate of 97.09%, indicating a high-need student population. In contrast, Perry Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 88th out of 290 schools in 2022-2023 to 152nd out of 289 schools in 2024-2025. Additionally, Perry Elementary School has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%.

Both schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios, with Sipayik Elementary School at 9.3 and Perry Elementary School at 9.1. However, Sipayik Elementary School lacks any available test score data, while Perry Elementary School has mixed results, with higher-than-state-average proficiency in ELA but lower-than-state-average proficiency in Math and Science.

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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
Perry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1587 U S Route 1	Perry	04667	Washington County	Perry Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 853-2522	73	8	9.0	58.9%	64 (87.7%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.8%)	54.8	152^nd of 289 public elementary schools	47.4%		46.8	180^th of 288 public elementary schools	37.5%	28	67.4	54.4	27.8	$23,680
Sipayik Elementary School	Public	K-8	9 Sakom Road	Perry	04667	Washington County	Sipayik Elementary School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(207) 853-6085	102	2	51.0	97.1%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	102 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Perry

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Robbinston	5.58 mi	1
Pembroke	6.18 mi	1	144^th
Eastport	7.68 mi	2	268^th
Edmunds Twp	8.33 mi	1	105^th
Lubec	10.62 mi	1	194^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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