Middle Schools in Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03

Summary:

Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03 contains a single middle school, Mt View Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance and characteristics have seen some concerning trends in recent years, with a steady decline in its statewide ranking and mixed academic results on state assessments.

Mt View Middle School's statewide ranking has dropped from 56th out of 91 middle schools in 2024-2025 to 93rd out of 96 in 2022-2023, a significant decline. The school's proficiency rates on the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) have been mixed, with strengths in English Language Arts and Science but weaknesses in Mathematics, where the school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (58.72% in 2023-2024), indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

One area of particular concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate, which stood at 23.4% in 2023-2024. This high rate of chronic absenteeism may be impacting student learning and academic performance, and the school may need to implement targeted interventions to address this issue. Overall, the data suggests that Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03 and Mt View Middle School face several challenges in ensuring the academic success and well-being of their students.

District Detail

84 School Street
Unity, ME 04988

(207) 948-6136

SchoolDigger Rank:
126^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 983

Primary Schools: 5
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
Mt View Middle School	Public	6-8	575 Mount View Road	Thorndike	04986	Waldo County	Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03	No	No	No	No	(207) 568-7561	232	19	12.1	65.5%	216 (93.1%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	36.9	56^th of 91 public middle schools	38.5%		28	72^nd of 92 public middle schools	21.7%	16	60.3	37.7	50.0	$23,344

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 20	6.51 mi	11
Regional School Unit 71	6.51 mi	7	97^th
Regional School Unit 22	8.1 mi	6	45^th
Regional School Unit 19	9.7 mi	5	134^th
Waldo-Region 7	11.71 mi	1

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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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