High Schools in Regional School Unit 59/Maine School Admin District 59

Summary:

Regional School Unit 59/Maine School Admin District 59 contains a single high school, Madison Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maine high schools, with declining performance on standardized tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science compared to district and state averages. Madison Junior/Senior High School faces challenges related to high poverty, with over 56% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%.

Academically, Madison Junior/Senior High School has struggled, ranking 86th out of 119 Maine high schools in 2024-2025 and 104th out of 121 in 2023-2024. The school's proficiency rates in 2024-2025 were 54.81% in English Language Arts, 39.05% in Mathematics, and 36.54% in Science, all below the Regional School Unit 59/Maine School Admin District 59 and state averages. This decline in performance from the previous year suggests the school may be facing significant challenges in maintaining or improving student learning.

Despite the small school size, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.1 to 1, Madison Junior/Senior High School has not been able to overcome the obstacles of high poverty and chronic absenteeism. These factors may be contributing to the school's overall low performance and the need for targeted interventions to address the academic and social-emotional needs of its students.

District Detail

486 Main Street
Madison, ME 04950

(207) 696-3323

SchoolDigger Rank:
141^st of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 543

Primary Schools: 2
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
Madison Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	486 Main Street	Madison	04950	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 59/Maine School Admin District 59	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(207) 696-3395	243	24	10.0	72.4%	228 (93.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	28.1	86^th of 119 public high schools	27.7%		17.6	104^th of 121 public high schools	14.0%	18	54.8	39.1	36.5	$23,935

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 74/Maine School Admin District 74	0.86 mi	4	124^th
Regional School Unit 54/Maine School Admin District 54	7.81 mi	8	103^rd
Community Regional Charter School	8.64 mi	3	176^th
Athens Public Schools	13.2 mi	1	52^nd
Regional School Unit 09	14.99 mi	8	90^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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