High Schools in Regional School Unit 16

Summary:

Regional School Unit 16 in Maine is home to a single high school, Poland Regional High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has been ranked between 52nd and 61st out of 119-123 Maine high schools over the past three school years, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Poland Regional High School's academic performance has seen some declines in recent years. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 51.54% in English Language Arts, 49.22% in Mathematics, and 41.18% in Science, which are lower than the district and state averages. However, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates were higher, at 61.17% in English Language Arts, 39.42% in Mathematics, and 37.96% in Science. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 87.8%, and its chronic absenteeism rate was 23.4%.

Demographically, Poland Regional High School had 28.27% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1. While the school's performance is generally middle-of-the-pack within the state, there are areas for potential improvement, such as addressing the high chronic absenteeism rate and working to align the school's academic proficiency rates more closely with state-level standards.

District Detail

3 Aggregate Road
Poland, ME 04274

(207) 998-2727

SchoolDigger Rank:
118^th of 176 Maine districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,671

Primary Schools: 3
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
Poland Regional High School	Public	9-12	1457 Maine Street	Poland	04274	Androscoggin County	Regional School Unit 16	No	No	No	No	(207) 998-5400	506	41	12.2	35.0%	465 (91.9%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.2%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	18 (3.6%)	39.4	60^th of 119 public high schools	49.6%		42.5	61^st of 121 public high schools	49.6%	1	51.5	49.2	41.2	$20,246

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17	5.8 mi	10	163^rd
Auburn Public Schools	6.81 mi	8	113^th
Lewiston Public Schools	9.14 mi	8	173^rd
Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15	9.69 mi	5	80^th
Oxford-Region 11	10.15 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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