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

Summary:

Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24 contains a single high school, Van Buren District Secondary School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance and characteristics have fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 61 out of 119 schools in 2024-2025 to 115 out of 121 schools in 2023-2024.

Van Buren District Secondary School has a relatively low mathematics proficiency rate, with only 43.75% of students meeting or exceeding standards in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 49.38%. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, with 23.4% of students chronically absent in 2023-2024. Additionally, a significant portion of the student population, 66.67%, receives free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic need.

Despite these challenges, the school has a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 87.8% for the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the school's small size, with a student-teacher ratio of 6.7, suggests the potential for more personalized attention and support for students. Overall, Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24 appears to have a single high school that is working to address its performance and attendance challenges while leveraging its small size to provide a more personalized educational experience.

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)	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	Total
Van Buren District Secondary School	Public	9-12	169 Main Street	Van Buren	04785	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 88/Maine School Admin District 24	No	No	No	No	(207) 868-5274	58	8	7.2	82.8%	53 (91.4%)	2 (3.4%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39.1	61^st of 119 public high schools	48.7%		10.2	115^th of 121 public high schools	5.0%	54	62.5	43.8	$35,242

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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