Summary:
The Regional School Unit 73 in Maine consists of 4 schools, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. Overall, the schools in this district perform poorly compared to state averages, with all 4 schools ranking in the bottom half of their respective school types in Maine.
Spruce Mountain High School has the highest performance in the district, with an 87.8% 4-year graduation rate, which is slightly below the state average. However, the school still lags behind state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency on the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) tests. The other schools in the district, Spruce Mountain Primary School, Spruce Mountain Middle School, and Spruce Mountain Elementary School, all perform significantly below state averages across a range of metrics.
The district as a whole is ranked 170 out of 177 districts in Maine and is rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. The schools have high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 54.33% at Spruce Mountain High School to 67.76% at Spruce Mountain Middle School. Additionally, all 4 schools have a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average. These factors likely contribute to the overall low academic performance of the schools in Regional School Unit 73.
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