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Gray-New Gloucester High School

Public Grades 9-12
98th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 119 Maine High Schools
Better than 18% of Maine high schools
Summary

Gray-New Gloucester High School is a public high school serving 611 students in grades 9-12 in the Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15 district located in Gray, Maine. The school's academic performance has seen fluctuations in recent years, ranging from a high statewide ranking of 5th in 2020-2021 to a low of 98th in 2024-2025.

On key metrics, Gray-New Gloucester High School performs below the state and district averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 55.15% in ELA, 34.07% in Math, and 27.73% in Science, compared to the state averages of 63.84%, 49.38%, and 36.18%, respectively. While the school's graduation rate of 85-88% is on par with the state average, it has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 17.8% in 2023-2024 to 25.5% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average and most nearby schools.

Compared to nearby high schools, Gray-New Gloucester High School generally performs better than Lewiston High School and Edward Little High School, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Falmouth High School, Greely High School, and Yarmouth High School. The school also serves a relatively higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 22.13% to 32.9% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

573
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,305
Per pupil spending ?
37.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 10 Libby Hill Road
       Gray, ME  04039

(207) 657-3323

District: Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15


Feeder schools for Gray-New Gloucester High School:

Elementary:    Burchard A Dunn School
    Memorial School
    Russell School
Middle:    Gray-New Gloucester Middle School
Racial breakdown:

White:
89.7%
Two or more races:
4.5%
African American:
2.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 46th percentile in 2015 → 18th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maine average (39% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 23% Maine)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school39%
District avg56%
Maine avg53%
98th of 119
Maine public high schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 28 pts since 2015
From bottom 46% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
80th of 176Regional School Unit 15/Maine School Admin District 15 among Maine districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202521.598 of 11917.6%★☆☆☆☆
202446.650 of 12158.7%★★★☆☆
202369.617 of 12386.2%★★★★☆
202256.251 of 9848.0%★★☆☆☆
202193.55 of 8293.9%★★★★★
201960.135 of 11469.3%★★★★☆
201862.729 of 11474.6%★★★★☆
201770.824 of 11178.4%★★★★☆
201668.323 of 11179.3%★★★★☆
201526.353 of 9845.9%★★☆☆☆
201350.344 of 10658.5%★★★☆☆
201256.336 of 10766.4%★★★☆☆
201169.124 of 10577.1%★★★★☆
201054.534 of 10367.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202536.565 of 10739.3%★★☆☆☆
201952.234 of 9263.0%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202517.693 of 10813.9%★☆☆☆☆
201977.117 of 7677.6%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202513.795 of 10812.0%★☆☆☆☆
201956.235 of 9262.0%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202542.030 of 5747.4%★★★☆☆
201963.86 of 2070.0%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202511.951 of 5710.5%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2025)47th percentile+30 vs school
Female (2025)39th percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2025)12th percentile-6 vs school
White (2025)11th percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Maine (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts55%-9 vs state
Mathematics34%-15 vs state
Science28%-8 vs state

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Gray-New Gloucester High School ranks in the bottom 17.6% of Maine high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 573 students attended Gray-New Gloucester High School.

Students at Gray-New Gloucester High School are 90% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Gray-New Gloucester High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Burchard A Dunn School
Elementary : Memorial School
Elementary : Russell School
Middle : Gray-New Gloucester Middle School


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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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