Elementary Schools in Regional School Unit 29/Maine School Admin District 29

Summary:

The Regional School Unit 29/Maine School Admin District 29 contains two elementary schools: Houlton Southside School and Houlton Elementary School. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in the Houlton, Maine area.

Houlton Southside School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 125th out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 189th out of 289 in 2024-2025. Both Houlton Southside School and Houlton Elementary School have relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, at 23.4% for the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Houlton Elementary School has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 69.44% in 2023-2024, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. While Houlton Southside School outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts proficiency, it underperforms in Mathematics and Science. The student-teacher ratios at both schools are relatively low, at 13:1 for Houlton Southside School and 13.7:1 for Houlton Elementary School.

District Detail

7 Bird Street
Houlton, ME 04730

(207) 538-3807

SchoolDigger Rank:
111^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,214

Primary Schools: 2
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
Houlton Southside School	Public	3-6	65 South Street	Houlton	04730	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 29/Maine School Admin District 29	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 532-6027	368	24	15.3	61.4%	306 (83.2%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	39 (10.6%)	8 (2.2%)	8 (2.2%)	42.3	189^th of 289 public elementary schools	34.6%		57.3	134^th of 288 public elementary schools	53.5%	55	67.8	43.8	13.2	$17,845
Houlton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	60 South Street	Houlton	04730	Aroostook County	Regional School Unit 29/Maine School Admin District 29	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 532-2285	282	23	12.5	75.9%	228 (80.9%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	41 (14.5%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)								(n/a)				$17,907

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Houlton-Region 2	1.62 mi	1
Regional School Unit 70/Maine School Admin District 70	3.83 mi	2	47^th
Regional School Unit 50	16.25 mi	3
Regional School Unit 42/Maine School Admin District 42	27.99 mi	2	64^th
Regional School Unit 89	31.1 mi	2	152^nd

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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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