Middle Schools in Scarborough Public Schools

Summary:

Scarborough Public Schools in Maine has one exceptional middle school, Scarborough Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and has an enrollment of 651 students. This school stands out as a top performer, ranking 9th out of 91 middle schools in the state and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Scarborough Middle School boasts impressive academic achievements, with proficiency rates on the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) exams significantly higher than the state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, 82.03% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 63.84% statewide, and 62.34% were proficient or better in math, compared to 49.38% statewide. The school's science proficiency rate of 75.34% also far exceeds the state average of 36.18%. These high proficiency rates have been consistently maintained over the past two school years.

Other notable characteristics of Scarborough Middle School include a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, a small student-teacher ratio of 10.3, and a low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (10.14%), indicating a relatively affluent student population. These factors suggest that the school is providing a high-quality, personalized education to its students, contributing to its exceptional academic performance and ranking among the top middle schools in Scarborough Public Schools.

District Detail

259 Us Route 1
Scarborough, ME 04074

(207) 730-4100

SchoolDigger Rank:
11^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 2,865

Primary Schools: 4
Middle Schools: 1
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
Scarborough Middle School	Public	6-8	21 Quentin Drive	Scarborough	04074	Cumberland County	Scarborough Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 730-4800	663	63	10.5	16.1%	526 (79.3%)	29 (4.4%)	28 (4.2%)	44 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.1%)	87	9^th of 91 public middle schools	90.1%		81.6	11^th of 92 public middle schools	88.0%	2	82.0	62.3	75.3	$26,787

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 23	3.19 mi	8
Saco Public Schools	3.6 mi	5
Maine Connections Academy	5.04 mi	1	93^rd
South Portland Public Schools	5.57 mi	7	39^th
Arthur R. Gould School--LCYDC	6.24 mi	1

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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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