Middle Schools in Regional School Unit 11/Maine School Admin District 11

Summary:

Regional School Unit 11/Maine School Admin District 11 contains a single middle school, Gardiner Regional Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating average performance compared to other middle schools in Maine.

Gardiner Regional Middle School has several standout characteristics. The school outperforms the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, with 68.22% of students proficient or better, compared to 63.84% for the state and 65.8% for the district. However, the school's mathematics proficiency rate of 45.1% is lower than the district (50.27%) and state (49.38%) averages. In science, Gardiner Regional Middle School performs better than the district and state, with 52.87% of students proficient or better.

One area of concern for Gardiner Regional Middle School is its high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is relatively high compared to state and national averages. Additionally, the school serves a significant population of students from low-income families, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 41.44%. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1 is slightly lower than the national average for middle schools.

District Detail

150 Highland Avenue
Gardiner, ME 04345

(207) 582-5346

SchoolDigger Rank:
72^nd of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,846

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
Gardiner Regional Middle School	Public	6-8	161 Cobbossee Avenue	Gardiner	04345	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 11/Maine School Admin District 11	No	No	No	No	(207) 582-1326	425	38	11.2	36.2%	390 (91.8%)	10 (2.4%)	13 (3.1%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.4%)	56	30^th of 91 public middle schools	67.0%		55.1	32^nd of 92 public middle schools	65.2%	2	68.2	45.1	52.9	$19,804

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 02	3.47 mi	8	56^th
Regional School Unit 12	5.38 mi	8	49^th
Maine Arts Academy	5.73 mi	1	27^th
Augusta Public Schools	6.36 mi	7	127^th
Maine Virtual Academy	6.56 mi	1	158^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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