Dayton Public Schools

Summary:

Dayton Public Schools is a small school district in Maine that serves the town of Dayton, with only one school in the district - Dayton Consolidated School, an elementary school serving grades PK-5 with 128 students. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, it faces significant challenges, including declining academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the district and state averages.

Dayton Consolidated School's statewide ranking has dropped from 129 out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 219 out of 289 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding decrease in its SchoolDigger star rating from 3 to 1. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (57.38%) and Mathematics (45.9%) in the 2024-2025 school year were lower than the Dayton Public Schools district and the state of Maine averages. Additionally, the school had a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year, significantly higher than the state average.

While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.6, it serves a population with greater socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the 27.34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school and district should prioritize addressing these issues, including implementing targeted interventions and strategies to improve student learning, attendance, and overall educational outcomes for the students of Dayton Consolidated School.

District Detail

21 Clarks Mills Road
Dayton, ME 04005

(207) 282-8280

SchoolDigger Rank:
145^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 128

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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
Dayton Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-5	21 Clarks Mills Road	Dayton	04005	York County	Dayton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 499-2283	128	12	10.4	35.9%	120 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	33.4	219^th of 289 public elementary schools	24.2%		46.2	182^nd of 288 public elementary schools	36.8%	37	57.4	45.9	$29,063

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 23	0.03 mi	8
Regional School Unit 57/Maine School Admin District 57	4.52 mi	7	108^th
Regional School Unit 06/Maine School Admin District 06	6.37 mi	8	107^th
Saco Public Schools	6.46 mi	5
Biddeford Public Schools	6.98 mi	6	147^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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