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Medomak Middle School

Public Grades 7-8
74th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 91 Maine Middle Schools
Better than 19% of Maine middle schools
Summary

Medomak Middle School is a public middle school located in Waldoboro, Maine, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 276 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40, which is ranked 82 out of 176 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Medomak Middle School has shown mixed academic performance compared to the state and its district average. While the school outperformed the district and state in Science proficiency, it had lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school has also experienced high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.4% to 47.1% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, the school has shown varying performance among different student subgroups, with male students performing relatively well but female students struggling.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Camden-Rockport Middle School and Oceanside Middle School, Medomak Middle School is underperforming academically, despite having a similar student-teacher ratio. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Medomak Middle School, ranging from 44.37% to 51.09%, suggests that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which may be a contributing factor to its academic performance.

259
Students ?
10.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,930
Per pupil spending ?
60.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 318 Manktown Road
       Waldoboro, ME  04572

(207) 832-5028

District: Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40


Students who attend Medomak Middle School usually attend:

High:    Medomak Valley High School

Feeder schools for Medomak Middle School:

Elementary:    Friendship Village School
    Miller School
    Prescott Memorial School
    Union Elementary
    More...
Racial breakdown:

White:
92.7%
Two or more races:
3.9%
Hispanic:
2.3%
more
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 57th percentile in 2023 → 19th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maine average (43% vs 53% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 23% Maine)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school43%
District avg49%
Maine avg53%
74th of 91
Maine public middle schools ?
Bottom 19%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Maine Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
82nd of 176Regional School Unit 40/Maine School Admin District 40 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
202525.474 of 9118.7%★☆☆☆☆
202425.677 of 9216.3%★☆☆☆☆
202350.441 of 9657.3%★★★☆☆
202255.344 of 9352.7%★★★☆☆
202149.346 of 9250.0%★★★☆☆
201935.057 of 8633.7%★★☆☆☆
201847.837 of 8556.5%★★★☆☆
201730.166 of 8724.1%★☆☆☆☆
201618.879 of 857.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201526.087 of 9710.3%★☆☆☆☆
201315.884 of 873.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201246.543 of 8650.0%★★★☆☆
201123.852 of 5810.3%★☆☆☆☆
201018.856 of 606.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202510.689 of 912.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202161.242 of 8349.4%★★★☆☆
201932.456 of 7828.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202530.863 of 9130.8%★★☆☆☆
202169.517 of 6674.2%★★★★☆
201938.444 of 6431.3%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202539.954 of 9040.0%★★☆☆☆
202172.623 of 8372.3%★★★★☆
201936.353 of 7832.1%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202517.866 of 8623.3%★☆☆☆☆
201996.01 of 3797.3%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaine percentileRating
202512.573 of 797.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Male (2025)40th percentile+21 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+12 vs school
Special Education (2025)23rd percentile+5 vs school
White (2025)8th percentile-11 vs school
Female (2025)2nd percentile-16 vs school
By subject vs Maine (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts53%-11 vs state
Science43%+7 vs state
Mathematics34%-16 vs state

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Medomak Middle School ranks in the bottom 18.7% of Maine middle schools.

Students at Medomak Middle School are 93% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Students who attend Medomak Middle School usually go on to attend Medomak Valley High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 259 students attended Medomak Middle School.


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