Elementary Schools in Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24

Summary:

The Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24 contains a single elementary school, Van Buren Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance and student demographics provide a mixed picture, with areas for potential improvement.

Van Buren Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maine elementary schools over the past three years, indicating a need for improvement in overall academic performance. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are mixed, with English Language Arts performing better than Mathematics and Science. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (69.42%) and a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in 2023-2024.

While the data suggests challenges at Van Buren Elementary School, there may be opportunities for improvement by addressing the identified areas of concern, such as low academic proficiency in certain subjects, high poverty, and chronic absenteeism. By implementing targeted interventions and support, the school can work to enhance student outcomes and better serve the community within Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24.

District Detail

169 Main Street
Van Buren, ME 04785

(207) 868-2746

SchoolDigger Rank:
120^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 262

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
Van Buren Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	169 Main Street	Van Buren	04785	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 868-5274	204	15	13.4	70.6%	188 (92.2%)	10 (4.9%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	28.7	233^rd of 289 public elementary schools	19.4%		37.7	211^th of 288 public elementary schools	26.7%	22	60.2	32.2	36.8	$19,376

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Education in Unorganized Terr	13.72 mi	3	129^th
Caswell Public Schools	13.82 mi	1	175^th
ME School of Science & Mathematics	18.3 mi	1
Limestone Public Schools	18.36 mi	1	170^th
Regional School Unit 39	18.37 mi	4	117^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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