Middle Schools in Regional School Unit 79/Maine School Admin District 01

Summary:

The Regional School Unit 79/Maine School Admin District 01 contains a single middle school, Presque Isle Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 in the Presque Isle area. The school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and rating over the past few years, dropping from 23rd out of 96 Maine middle schools in 2022-2023 to 64th out of 91 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger rating has decreased from 4 stars to 2 stars during this time.

Academically, Presque Isle Middle School has shown inconsistent performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science that have fluctuated compared to the district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (60.7%) and Mathematics (35.19%) were lower than the district (61.43% and 45.29%, respectively) and state (63.84% and 49.38%, respectively) averages, while its Science proficiency rate (42.59%) was higher than the district (32.77%) but lower than the state (36.18%) average. The school also faces a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year.

Socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the challenges faced by Presque Isle Middle School, as the school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 50.42% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.9 is slightly lower than the typical middle school ratio, but this does not appear to be enough to offset the other academic and attendance-related issues the school is experiencing.

District Detail

79 Blake St
Presque Isle, ME 04769

(207) 764-4101

SchoolDigger Rank:
85^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,670

Primary Schools: 3
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
Presque Isle Middle School	Public	6-8	569 Skyway St	Presque Isle	04769	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 79/Maine School Admin District 01	No	No	No	No	(207) 764-4474	354	27	13.2	53.7%	304 (85.9%)	5 (1.4%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	33.3	64^th of 91 public middle schools	29.7%		45.6	45^th of 92 public middle schools	51.1%	19	60.7	35.2	42.6	$18,754

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Easton Public Schools	5.67 mi	2	51^st
Regional School Unit 86/Maine School Admin District 20	9.64 mi	2	53^rd
Regional School Unit 45/Maine School Admin District 45	10.08 mi	2	98^th
Regional School Unit 39	12.25 mi	4	117^th
Regional School Unit 42/Maine School Admin District 42	12.99 mi	2	64^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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