Best Public Schools in Washington 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
Elm Street School-East Machias	Public	PK, KG-8	38 Jacksonville Road	East Machias	04630	Washington County	East Machias Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 255-8692	176	15	12.0	51.1%	172 (97.7%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42.4	188^th of 289 public elementary schools	34.9%		49.3	166^th of 288 public elementary schools	42.4%	22	65.8	43.0	30.3	$15,639
Bay Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	2066 Cutler Rd	Cutler	04626	Washington County	Cutler Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 259-3347	36	4	8.1	86.1%	33 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.6%)	22.4	247^th of 289 public elementary schools	14.5%		63.8	117^th of 288 public elementary schools	59.4%	130	52.9	41.2		$32,656
Fort O'Brien School	Public	PK, KG-8	492 Port Road	Machiasport	04655	Washington County	Machiasport Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 255-4575	57	5	11.6	61.4%	57 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.3	280^th of 289 public elementary schools	3.1%		1.6	286^th of 288 public elementary schools	0.7%	6	48.7	23.7		$32,797
Whiting Village School	Public	PK, KG-8	145 U S Route 1	Whiting	04691	Washington County	Whiting Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 733-4617	27	4	7.2	51.9%	26 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.7%)	12.8	270^th of 289 public elementary schools	6.6%		32.2	231^st of 288 public elementary schools	19.8%	39	50.0			$29,465
Alexander Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1430 Airline Road	Alexander	04694	Washington County	Alexander Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 454-2623	44	6	7.2	40.9%	43 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	29	232^nd of 289 public elementary schools	19.7%		21.4	255^th of 288 public elementary schools	11.5%	23	61.5	34.6		$31,568
Woodland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	23 Fourth Avenue	Baileyville	04694	Washington County	Baileyville Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 427-3882	124	14	8.8	37.9%	113 (91.1%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.5%)	10	276^th of 289 public elementary schools	4.5%		8.3	277^th of 288 public elementary schools	3.8%	1	50.8	26.2		$24,681
Woodland Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	14 First Avenue	Baileyville	04694	Washington County	Baileyville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 427-3325	175	16	11.0	55.4%	137 (78.3%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.7%)	29.9	82^nd of 119 public high schools	31.1%		26.7	88^th of 121 public high schools	27.3%	6	63.1	30.8	30.0	$21,648
Beals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	24 Mill Pond Rd	Beals	04611	Washington County	Beals Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 497-5449	48	7	7.1	68.8%	45 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)	37.2	211^th of 289 public elementary schools	27.0%		35.6	222^nd of 288 public elementary schools	22.9%	11	70.0	23.3		$33,766
Calais Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	53 Garfield Street	Calais	04619	Washington County	Calais Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 454-2000	250	27	9.2	52.8%	220 (88.0%)	4 (1.6%)	8 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	18.8	255^th of 289 public elementary schools	11.8%		36.9	214^th of 288 public elementary schools	25.7%	41	54.9	34.3		$19,377
Calais Middle/High School	Public	7-12	34 Blue Devil Hill Suite 2	Calais	04619	Washington County	Calais Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 454-2591	289	24	12.0	60.2%	215 (74.4%)	5 (1.7%)	7 (2.4%)	3 (1.0%)	46 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	7.8	116^th of 119 public high schools	2.5%		7.9	117^th of 121 public high schools	3.3%	1	47.8	19.5	21.1	$18,355
Shead High School	Public	9-12	89 High Street	Eastport	04631	Washington County	Eastport Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 853-6254	96	9	11.1	50.0%	52 (54.2%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (31.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (12.5%)	1.9	119^th of 119 public high schools	0.0%		19	102^nd of 121 public high schools	15.7%	17	34.6	21.7		$24,518
Eastport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	100 High Street	Eastport	04631	Washington County	Eastport Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 853-6252	80	11	7.4	57.5%	60 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.0%)	1 (1.3%)	14 (17.5%)	11	273^rd of 289 public elementary schools	5.5%		3	283^rd of 288 public elementary schools	1.7%	10	48.2	20.4	30.4	$35,731
East Range II Central School District School	Public	PK, KG-8	187 School St	Topsfield	04490	Washington County	East Range Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 796-2665	12	3	4.0	25.0%	7 (58.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (16.7%)								(n/a)				$40,825
Jonesboro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	57 School Road	Jonesboro	04648	Washington County	Jonesboro Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 434-2602	54	6	8.8	55.6%	50 (92.6%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.7%)	15.3	260^th of 289 public elementary schools	10.0%		27.7	242^nd of 288 public elementary schools	16.0%	18	50.0	36.7		$26,297
Jonesport Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	139 Snare Creek LN	Jonesport	04649	Washington County	Jonesport Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 497-2830	101	10	9.8	74.3%	98 (97.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33	221^st of 289 public elementary schools	23.5%		50.3	160^th of 288 public elementary schools	44.4%	61	57.4	44.3	33.3	$22,648
Machias Memorial High School	Public	9-12	1 Bulldog Lane	Machias	04654	Washington County	Machias Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 255-3812	173	17	10.3	63.6%	159 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	11.1	113^th of 119 public high schools	5.0%		10.3	114^th of 121 public high schools	5.8%	1	40.6	30.3	25.0	$17,900
Rose M Gaffney School	Public	PK, KG-8	15 Rose Gaffney Rd	Machias	04654	Washington County	Machias Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 255-3411	321	24	13.3	63.6%	305 (95.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	40.4	200^th of 289 public elementary schools	30.8%		39.9	198^th of 288 public elementary schools	31.3%	2	60.4	44.7	41.3	$16,225
Jonesport-Beals High School	Public	9-12	180 Snare Creek Lane	Jonesport	04649	Washington County	Moosabec Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 497-5454	59	6	9.2	55.9%	58 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				$36,880
Pembroke Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	36 U S Route 1	Pembroke	04666	Washington County	Pembroke Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 726-5564	83	8	10.3	71.1%	69 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.6%)	55.2	150^th of 289 public elementary schools	48.1%		70.4	92^nd of 288 public elementary schools	68.1%	58	75.0	41.7		$32,501
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
Princeton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	289 Main Street	Princeton	04668	Washington County	Princeton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 853-2567	113	13	8.6	70.8%	81 (71.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (16.8%)	37.8	207^th of 289 public elementary schools	28.4%		39.9	197^th of 288 public elementary schools	31.6%	10	60.9	37.5	46.2	$24,319
East Grand School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	31 Houlton road	Danforth	04424	Washington County	Regional School Unit 84/Maine School Admin District 14	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 448-2260	146	19	7.6	68.5%	134 (91.8%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.7%)	3 (2.1%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)	60.9	50.0	30.3	$29,599
Lubec Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	44 South Street	Lubec	04652	Washington County	Regional School Unit 85/Maine School Admin District 19	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 733-5561	87	10	8.7	63.2%	85 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.7	198^th of 289 public elementary schools	31.5%		16.8	265^th of 288 public elementary schools	8.0%	67	61.4	43.9	41.2	$35,566
Daniel W Merritt School	Public	PK, KG-6	518 Indian River Road	Addison	04606	Washington County	Regional School Unit 37/Maine School Admin District 37	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 483-2229	89	10	8.6	61.8%	83 (93.3%)	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.3	258^th of 289 public elementary schools	10.7%		58.6	130^th of 288 public elementary schools	54.9%	128	51.0	36.7		$26,221
Milbridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	39 Washington Street	Milbridge	04658	Washington County	Regional School Unit 37/Maine School Admin District 37	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 546-2210	114	13	8.9	74.6%	82 (71.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	55.2	149^th of 289 public elementary schools	48.4%		53.2	150^th of 288 public elementary schools	47.9%	1	63.3	55.7		$22,213
Narraguagus High School	Public	7-12	1611 Main Street	Harrington	04643	Washington County	Regional School Unit 37/Maine School Admin District 37	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 483-2746	291	24	12.2	55.3%	231 (79.4%)	2 (0.7%)	48 (16.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	24.3	93^rd of 119 public high schools	21.8%		17.2	105^th of 121 public high schools	13.2%	12	52.3	36.6	34.5	$19,911
Harrington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1227 US Highway 1A	Harrington	04643	Washington County	Regional School Unit 37/Maine School Admin District 37	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 483-6681	137	12	11.9	63.5%	115 (83.9%)	3 (2.2%)	14 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	23.8	243^rd of 289 public elementary schools	15.9%		55.7	137^th of 288 public elementary schools	52.4%	106	44.1	48.5		$20,112
Edmunds Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	21 Harrison RD	Edmunds Twp	04628	Washington County	Education in Unorganized Terr	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 726-4478	53	8	6.6	49.1%	48 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.5%)	65.2	111^th of 289 public elementary schools	61.6%		63.9	116^th of 288 public elementary schools	59.7%	5	71.9	53.1		$00
Ella Lewis School	Public	PK, KG-5	15 Old Village Road	Steuben	04680	Washington County	Regional School Unit 24	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 546-2430	79	7	11.6	67.1%	70 (88.6%)	1 (1.3%)	2 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.3%)	91.5	20^th of 289 public elementary schools	93.1%		95.7	6^th of 288 public elementary schools	97.9%	14	76.7	80.0		$30,373
Cherryfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	85 School Street	Cherryfield	04622	Washington County	Cherryfield Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 546-7949	110	13	8.3	70.0%	102 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	91	24^th of 289 public elementary schools	91.7%		71.9	86^th of 288 public elementary schools	70.1%	62	80.6	71.6	54.6	$23,482
Indian Township School	Public	K-8	13 School Drive	Princeton	04668	Washington County	Indian Township School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(207) 796-2362	91	16	5.6	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
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)

Best Public Schools in Washington County, ME

Ella Lewis School

Cherryfield Elementary

Edmunds Consolidated School

Milbridge Elementary School

Pembroke Elementary School

Perry Elementary School

Elm Street School-East Machias

Lubec Consolidated School

Rose M Gaffney School

Princeton Elementary School

Beals Elementary School

Jonesport Elementary School

Woodland Junior-Senior High School

Alexander Elementary

Narraguagus High School

Harrington Elementary School

Bay Ridge Elementary

Calais Elementary School

Daniel W Merritt School

Jonesboro Elementary School

Whiting Village School

Machias Memorial High School

Eastport Elementary School

Woodland Elementary School

Calais Middle/High School

Fort O'Brien School

Shead High School

East Grand School

East Range II Central School District School

Indian Township School

Jonesport-Beals High School

Sipayik Elementary School

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