Summary:
The city of Shapleigh, Maine has only one school, Shapleigh Memorial School, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the Regional School Unit 57/Maine School Administrative District 57. While the school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, it currently ranks 225 out of 289 Maine elementary schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Shapleigh Memorial School's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the regional and statewide averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 60.87% in ELA, 39.13% in Math, and 30% in Science, compared to the district's 63.44%, 45.77%, and 37.78%, and the state's 63.84%, 49.38%, and 36.18%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average.
On a positive note, Shapleigh Memorial School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.7, which may indicate smaller class sizes. However, the school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 31.25% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that the school may be serving a population with lower socioeconomic status, which can be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance and other challenges.
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