Agnes Gray School

Agnes Gray School is an elementary school located in West Paris, Maine, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 122 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17, which is ranked 165 out of 177 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Agnes Gray School faces significant challenges, with consistently high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 23.4% to 32.7%, which are significantly higher than the state average and the rates of nearby schools like Oxford Elementary (23.4%) and Hebron Station School (23.4%). The school's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better in the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA), is generally lower than the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 50% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 65.43% and the district average of 56.88%. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rate was 30.3%, compared to the state average of 47.21% and the district average of 32.14%.

Agnes Gray School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.34% to 59.84% over the past few years, which is higher than the rates of nearby schools like Hebron Station School (31.68%) and Paris Elementary School (49.59%), indicating a higher proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the years, from 116 out of 258 Maine elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 273 out of 288 in 2023-2024, suggesting a concerning trend of declining academic performance compared to other schools in the state.