Best Public Schools in Knox County, Maine & Rankings

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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
Camden Hills Regional High School	Public	9-12	25 Keelson Drive	Rockport	04856	Knox County	Five Town Central School District	No	No	No	No	(207) 236-7800	757	60	12.5	29.1%	721 (95.2%)	7 (0.9%)	14 (1.8%)	9 (1.2%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	84.6	8^th of 119 public high schools	93.3%		74.7	12^th of 121 public high schools	90.1%	4	76.1	61.5	58.4	$25,987
Appleton Village School	Public	PK, KG-8	737 Union Road	Appleton	04862	Knox County	Appleton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 785-4504	132	18	7.2	48.5%	125 (94.7%)	3 (2.3%)	3 (2.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62.5	118^th of 289 public elementary schools	59.2%		58.7	129^th of 288 public elementary schools	55.2%	11	68.5	56.5	36.7	$32,392
Hope Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	34 Highfield Road	Hope	04847	Knox County	Hope Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 785-4081	140	18	8.0	32.1%	140 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	80.9	52^nd of 289 public elementary schools	82.0%		77	66^th of 288 public elementary schools	77.1%	14	78.1	67.1	36.7	$33,535
Isle au Haut Rural School	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Schoolhouse lane	Isle Au Haut	04645	Knox County	Isle Au Haut Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 335-2521	7	1	7.0		7 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Camden-Rockport Middle School	Public	5-8	34 Knowlton Street	Camden	04843	Knox County	Regional School Unit 28/Maine School Admin District 28	No	No	No	No	(207) 236-7805	348	35	9.9	24.4%	328 (94.3%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	82.6	11^th of 91 public middle schools	87.9%		80.8	12^th of 92 public middle schools	87.0%	1	82.3	61.1	47.9	$27,730
Camden-Rockport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	11 Children's Way	Rockport	04856	Knox County	Regional School Unit 28/Maine School Admin District 28	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 236-7809	340	32	10.5	29.1%	309 (90.9%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.2%)	6 (1.8%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	86.1	41^st of 289 public elementary schools	85.8%		89.9	26^th of 288 public elementary schools	91.0%	15	71.2	84.2		$28,398
Friendship Village School	Public	K-6	23 School Street	Friendship	04547	Knox County	Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40	No	No	No	No	(207) 832-5057	62	10	6.3	45.2%	59 (95.2%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	86.7	39^th of 289 public elementary schools	86.5%		89.4	28^th of 288 public elementary schools	90.3%	11	80.0	65.7		$29,611
Prescott Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-6	100 Waldoboro Road	Washington	04574	Knox County	Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40	No	No	No	No	(207) 845-2424	107	12	8.8	48.6%	98 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)	95	10^th of 289 public elementary schools	96.5%		94.3	13^th of 288 public elementary schools	95.5%	3	85.4	75.0		$24,278
Union Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1070 Heald Highway	Union	04862	Knox County	Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40	No	No	No	No	(207) 785-4330	125	10	12.6	52.8%	116 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	68.8	93^rd of 289 public elementary schools	67.8%		46.9	179^th of 288 public elementary schools	37.8%	86	65.7	72.3	29.4	$24,920
Warren Community School	Public	PK, KG-6	117 Eastern Road	Warren	04864	Knox County	Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 273-2001	286	32	8.8	58.4%	257 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.9%)	42.9	186^th of 289 public elementary schools	35.6%		19.3	259^th of 288 public elementary schools	10.1%	73	65.3	47.3	16.3	$24,668
North Haven Community School	Public, Alternative	K-12	93 Pulpit Harbor RD	North Haven	04853	Knox County	Regional School Unit 07/Maine School Admin District 07	No	No	No	No	(207) 867-4707	56	13	4.2	16.1%	51 (91.1%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)								(n/a)	69.0	44.8	53.3	$60,101
Vinalhaven School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	22 Arcola Lane	Vinalhaven	04863	Knox County	Regional School Unit 08/Maine School Admin District 08	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 863-4800	143	21	6.9	47.6%	141 (98.6%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	62.2	41.1	30.8	$34,874
Matinicus Elementary School	Public	K-8	101 Main Street	Matinicus	04851	Knox County	Regional School Unit 65/Maine School Admin District 65	No	No	No	No	(207) 366-3526	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South School	Public	PK, KG-5	30 Broadway	Rockland	04841	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 596-2020	311	33	9.3	64.3%	272 (87.5%)	7 (2.3%)	17 (5.5%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	9 (2.9%)	47.3	176^th of 289 public elementary schools	39.1%		54.4	141^st of 288 public elementary schools	51.0%	35	64.5	52.9	18.8	$31,699
Cushing Community School	Public	K-5	54 Cross Road	Cushing	04563	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 354-2312	74	10	7.6	55.4%	73 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91.8	19^th of 289 public elementary schools	93.4%		65.4	110^th of 288 public elementary schools	61.8%	91	79.5	74.4		$30,471
Oceanside Middle School	Public	6-8	47 Valley Street	Thomaston	04861	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	No	(207) 354-2502	307	38	8.0	52.1%	279 (90.9%)	2 (0.7%)	12 (3.9%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	44.2	48^th of 91 public middle schools	47.3%		35	61^st of 92 public middle schools	33.7%	13	65.2	38.4	48.2	$31,622
Oceanside High School	Public	9-12	400 Broadway	Rockland	04841	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	No	(207) 596-2010	494	46	10.6	54.3%	455 (92.1%)	9 (1.8%)	15 (3.0%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	37.6	66^th of 119 public high schools	44.5%		32.9	77^th of 121 public high schools	36.4%	11	65.0	38.6	31.6	$28,681
Thomaston Grammar School	Public	PK, KG-5	65 Watts Lane	Thomaston	04861	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 354-6353	164	19	8.5	47.6%	147 (89.6%)	4 (2.4%)	5 (3.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	78.7	62^nd of 289 public elementary schools	78.5%		80.4	52^nd of 288 public elementary schools	81.9%	10	79.5	65.4	29.2	$33,029
Ash Point Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	54 Ash Point Drive	Owls Head	04854	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 596-6620	158	15	10.2	38.6%	148 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.8%)	88.5	34^th of 289 public elementary schools	88.2%		76.1	71^st of 288 public elementary schools	75.3%	37	77.2	77.8	44.0	$27,207
St George School	Public	PK, KG-8	65 Main St	Tenants Harbor	04860	Knox County	St George Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 372-6312	206	24	8.5	52.4%	198 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	71.6	85^th of 289 public elementary schools	70.6%		66	107^th of 288 public elementary schools	62.8%	22	70.0	59.5	48.8	$36,170

Best Public Schools in Knox County, ME

Prescott Memorial School

Cushing Community School

Ash Point Community School

Friendship Village School

Camden-Rockport Elementary School

Camden Hills Regional High School

Camden-Rockport Middle School

Hope Elementary School

Thomaston Grammar School

St George School

Union Elementary

Appleton Village School

South School

Oceanside Middle School

Warren Community School

Oceanside High School

Isle au Haut Rural School

Matinicus Elementary School

North Haven Community School

Vinalhaven School

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