Greenbush Public Schools

Summary:

Greenbush Public Schools is a small school district in Maine, consisting of a single school, Helen S Dunn Elementary School, which serves grades PK-8 with an enrollment of 142 students. The school faces significant challenges, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, a low district ranking of 174 out of 176, and test scores well below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Helen S Dunn Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 247 out of 288 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 272 out of 290 in 2022-2023. The school's proficiency rates in MEA/English Language Arts and MEA/Mathematics for all grades were 41.25% and 20%, respectively, which are lower than the Greenbush Public Schools district averages and significantly lower than the statewide averages. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% and a free/reduced lunch rate of 76.76%, indicating high levels of economic disadvantage among its student population.

Despite the small size of the school, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.6, Helen S Dunn Elementary School appears to be facing significant challenges in providing quality education to its students. The combination of low rankings, poor test scores, high poverty levels, and declining performance suggests that the school community may benefit from targeted interventions and support to address these issues and improve educational outcomes for the students.

District Detail

129 Military Rd
Greenbush, ME 04418

(207) 826-2000

SchoolDigger Rank:
174^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 131

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
Helen S Dunn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	129 Military Rd	Greenbush	04418	Penobscot County	Greenbush Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 826-2000	131	17	7.7	71.8%	122 (93.1%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	2.7	284^th of 289 public elementary schools	1.7%		26.3	247^th of 288 public elementary schools	14.2%	37	41.3	20.0	$24,292

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 34	8 mi	5	136^th
Regional School Unit 31/Maine School Admin District 31	8.77 mi	3	83^rd
Indian Island School	11.94 mi	1
Milford Public Schools	12.37 mi	1	119^th
Regional School Unit 26	16.78 mi	3	30^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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