Elementary Schools in Madawaska Public Schools

Summary:

Madawaska Public Schools operates a single elementary school, Madawaska Elementary School, which serves students in the town of Madawaska, Maine. The school's performance and rankings have fluctuated in recent years, with a statewide ranking ranging from 153rd out of 288 Maine elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 204th out of 290 in 2022-2023, and a SchoolDigger rating of 2 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, and only 1 star in 2022-2023.

Academically, Madawaska Elementary School has shown mixed results, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts above the district average but below the state average, Mathematics proficiency above the district but below the state, and Science proficiency below both the district and state averages. The school's performance has also shown some variability, with ELA proficiency decreasing from 66.67% in 2023-2024 to 62.5% in 2024-2025, while Math proficiency increased from 48% to 55.56% over the same period.

Madawaska Elementary School serves a population with a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (59.17% in 2023-2024), which may contribute to the school's academic performance. The school also has a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.2 to 1, which could indicate smaller class sizes. Overall, the data suggests that Madawaska Elementary School has opportunities for improvement, particularly in the areas of Science and consistent academic performance, and that the school's socioeconomic factors may play a role in its outcomes.

District Detail

328 St. Thomas Street
Madawaska, ME 04756

(207) 728-3346

SchoolDigger Rank:
115^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 367

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

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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
Madawaska Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	353 Eleventh AVE	Madawaska	04756	Aroostook County	Madawaska Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 728-3635	162	17	9.8	62.3%	142 (87.7%)	2 (1.2%)	12 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	48.1	173^rd of 289 public elementary schools	40.1%		52.3	153^rd of 288 public elementary schools	46.9%	20	62.5	55.6	23.1	$34,862

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 33/Maine School Admin District 33	6.95 mi	3	67^th
Maine School Admin District 27	14.07 mi	4	76^th
Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24	22.38 mi	3	120^th
Education in Unorganized Terr	29.59 mi	3	129^th
Woodland Public Schools	34.43 mi	1	75^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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