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Lawrence High School

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Lawrence High School ranks 85 th of 119 Maine high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

85^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 119 Maine High Schools

Better than 29% of Maine high schools

Summary

Lawrence High School is a public high school located in Fairfield, Maine, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 553 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Admin District 49, which is ranked 140 out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lawrence High School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 32nd out of 111 Maine high schools in 2016-2017 (4-star rating) to 87th out of 123 in 2022-2023 (2-star rating). The school's current ranking for the 2024-2025 school year is 85th out of 119 Maine high schools, with a 1-star rating. The school's performance varies across different student groups, with its special education students ranking particularly low at 48th out of 57 Maine high schools (1-star rating) in the 2024-2025 school year. Lawrence High School's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 81.5% to 87.8%, and chronic absenteeism has been a concern, with rates ranging from 23.4% to 38.4%.

Compared to nearby schools, Lawrence High School's performance is generally lower. For instance, Messalonskee High School, located just 5.91 miles away, has consistently outperformed Lawrence High School in statewide rankings and academic proficiency rates. Similarly, Ecology Learning Center, a public charter school 13.58 miles away, has demonstrated stronger academic performance. Lawrence High School serves a population with a higher proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, which may contribute to the school's academic challenges, despite its relatively low student-teacher ratio.

531

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,472

Per pupil spending ?

45.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9 School Street
Fairfield, ME 04937

(207) 453-4200

District: Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Admin District 49

Racial breakdown:

White:

92.8%

Hispanic:

2.8%

Two or more races:

2.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 24th percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Maine average (44% vs 53% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (39% vs 23% Maine)

!English Language Arts scores 12 pts below the Maine average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school44%

District avg46%

Maine avg53%

85^th of 119

Maine public high schools ?

Bottom 29%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 24% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

140^th of 176Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Admin District 49 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maine percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	85 of 119	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.7	81 of 121	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.7	87 of 123	29.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.6	69 of 98	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	74.2	37 of 82	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.0	62 of 114	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.8	40 of 114	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	64.7	32 of 111	71.2%	★★★★☆
2016	30.8	76 of 111	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	11.2	74 of 98	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	52.3	42 of 106	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	20.8	93 of 107	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	49.4	47 of 105	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	23.8	85 of 103	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maine percentile	Rating
2025	34.0	74 of 107	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.4	75 of 92	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maine percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	49 of 108	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	25.9	56 of 76	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maine percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	75 of 108	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.8	44 of 92	52.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maine percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	48 of 57	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+26 vs school

Female (2025)31st percentile~ school

Male (2025)31st percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Maine (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts52%-12 vs state

Mathematics46%-3 vs state

Science30%-6 vs state

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by a citizen
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Below is the review of the ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES of MSAD 49 School Board of Directors actions, recorded online, over the past two months in 2015.

*****4 regularly School Board meetings cancelled since school budget approval, policy ADA has not been complied with for the 2015-2016 school year, last minutes published May 28th. Sept 3rd agenda, "Will the M.S.A.D. #49 Board of School Directors vote to accept the minutes of the June 18, 2015 board meeting?" yet June 1st and June 4th minutes not published. (Note: June 18th agenda isn't currently available online.)*****

August review-

August 3rd review of MSAD 49 School Board of Directors schedule online - "On Summer Break" no meetings with subcommittees and both regular scheduled School Board meetings not planned. No meetings held during the month of July. Latest minutes published "May 28th 2015" Compliance with School Board policy ADA for 2015-2016, no motion, no discussion, no vote recorded.

August 10th review and update with change to MSAD 49 website.... "August 11, 7:00 pm in Superintendent’s Conference Room Topic: Plans and priorities for next school year". Hopefully at some point in time the community will have a chance to way in their concerns, ideas and opinions over future "Plans and priorities for next school year" and years to come. ****NOTE**** this workshop is the first of it's kind recorded in the District in the past several years and was posted with less than a weeks notice.

Still no published dates or locations of regularly scheduled School Board meetings or subcommittee meetings. All top performing Schools and several other School Districts have already posted their yearly School Board schedule that includes the subcommittees meetings.

August 17th review of MSAD 49 School Board of Directors schedule online- no change from August 10th. Three consecutive regular scheduled School Board meetings since budget approval have been canceled, no subcommittee meetings held and latest minutes published is May 28th 2015.

August 24th review of MSAD 49 School Board of Directors, no change.

August 30th review of MSAD 49 School Board of Directors schedule online- there is a regular school board meeting posted to take place Sept 3rd and Sept 17th. Sept 3rd agenda posted has a vote to except June 18th minutes yet June 1st and June 4th minutes are still not posted and there is NO JUNE 18TH agenda posted online to review. No sub committee meetings scheduled.

July review-

After a strong debate of MSAD 49 funding took place in May and June, the elected School Board Officials from Fairfield did not meet for the two regular scheduled meetings in July as the School Board Chairman from Albion (Mr. Griener) cancelled the "two" meetings. There were no sub committee meetings during the month of July according to MSAD 49 website.

It was stated during May and June that the issues brought before the School Board from the community should not be tied to the MSAD 49 budget process. With the 2015-2016 MSAD 49 budget complete, where is the School Board working on community concerns mentioned in May and June?

When serving as a representative for Fairfield last year I asked several times not to cancel regular schedule meetings and to open a discussion up on new ideas, community concerns, identifying projects to work towards etc...... I was told that I was new to the Board and I would learn how to be a Board member over time. If you feel our School District has areas for improvement, then lets follow School Board Chair, Mr. Griener advice in the MSAD 49 newspaper and contact our local Elected Officials. More can be viewed at facebook "Arel Spaulding (School Board e-mails)". Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

After several attempts to view the curriculum from K-12 communicating directly to the staff, administration, school board and the Department of Education Office in Augusta, one year later a curriculum was provided by the Superintendent for our review. The curriculum provided was incomplete and out dated. After becoming a School Board member 2014 both School Board Policies and Curriculum are now available online. There are 13 School Board members that make up the School Board yet three School Board members and the Superintendent meet each week and discuss business without involving the other members of the School Board and meet without public notice or agenda. The School Board has not followed Policy ADA which requires them to set annual goals in cooperation with the staff, administration and citizens of the community. Setting annual goals per policy ADA have not been complied with for many years. The School Board as a body has publicly stated they are not required to hear public comments or concerns. When suggesting to have goals established and a schedule set to meet those goals and review progress, the School Board refused to adopt this basic practice of success. Close Quote

Schools Near Lawrence High School

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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
Lawrence High School	Public	9-12	9 School Street	Fairfield	04937	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Admin District 49	No	No	No	No	(207) 453-4200	531	40	13.2	45.4%	493 (92.8%)	4 (0.8%)	15 (2.8%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	28.8	85^th of 119 public high schools	28.6%		29.7	81^st of 121 public high schools	33.1%	4	52.0	46.3	30.3	$17,472
Winslow High School	Public	9-12	20 Danielson St	Winslow	04901	Kennebec County	Winslow Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 872-1990	383	31	12.3	46.5%	353 (92.2%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.9%)	41.7	53^rd of 119 public high schools	55.5%		52.9	38^th of 121 public high schools	68.6%	15	54.0	48.3	40.2	$22,944
Waterville Senior High School	Public	9-12	1 Brooklyn Ave	Waterville	04901	Kennebec County	Waterville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(207) 873-2751	529	41	12.7	56.9%	443 (83.7%)	7 (1.3%)	29 (5.5%)	12 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.8%)	23.9	94^th of 119 public high schools	21.0%		49.7	45^th of 121 public high schools	62.8%	49	46.7	36.0	34.6	$21,433
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	Public, Charter	9-12	13 Easler Road	Hinckley	04944	Somerset County	Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	Yes	No	No	Yes	(207) 238-4100	177	16	11.4	75.7%	166 (93.8%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	13.5	106^th of 119 public high schools	10.9%		39.3	65^th of 121 public high schools	46.3%	41	35.3	17.1	30.2	$16,066
Messalonskee High School	Public	9-12	131 Messalonskee High Drive	Oakland	04963	Kennebec County	Regional School Unit 18	No	No	No	No	(207) 465-7381	695	49	14.1	36.1%	638 (91.8%)	5 (0.7%)	22 (3.2%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.6%)	40.9	55^th of 119 public high schools	53.8%		47.5	49^th of 121 public high schools	59.5%	6	63.0	46.7	31.0	$17,165
Skowhegan Area High School	Public	9-12	61 Academy Circle	Skowhegan	04976	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 54/Maine School Admin District 54	No	No	No	No	(207) 474-5511	686	47	14.6	62.7%	641 (93.4%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.9%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.9%)	43.9	47^th of 119 public high schools	60.5%		35	74^th of 121 public high schools	38.8%	27	68.6	45.9	28.5	$21,428
Overman Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	78 Water Street	Skowhegan	04976	Somerset County	Community Regional Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(207) 858-1600	170	10	16.3	68.2%	157 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	2.7	118^th of 119 public high schools	0.8%		11.1	113^th of 121 public high schools	6.6%	5	42.6	16.4		$12,330
Ecology Learning Center	Public, Charter	9-12	230 Main Street	Unity	04988	Waldo County	Ecology Learning Center	Yes	No	No	Yes	(207) 230-9275	120	10	12.3	35.8%	109 (90.8%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.2%)	43.2	49^th of 119 public high schools	58.8%		73.3	13^th of 121 public high schools	89.3%	36	57.9	42.1	41.7	$23,951
Mt View High School	Public	9-12	577 Mount View Road	Thorndike	04986	Waldo County	Regional School Unit 03/Maine School Admin District 03	No	No	No	No	(207) 568-3255	271	23	11.6	64.6%	251 (92.6%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	33	77^th of 119 public high schools	35.3%		38.8	66^th of 121 public high schools	45.5%	11	53.1	40.0	36.1	$24,239
Madison Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	486 Main Street	Madison	04950	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 59/Maine School Admin District 59	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(207) 696-3395	243	24	10.0	72.4%	228 (93.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	28.1	86^th of 119 public high schools	27.7%		17.6	104^th of 121 public high schools	14.0%	18	54.8	39.1	36.5	$23,935

Frequently Asked Questions about Lawrence High School

What schools feed into Lawrence High School?

Lawrence High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Albion Elementary School
Elementary : Benton Elementary School
Elementary : Clinton Elementary School
Middle : Lawrence Junior High School

What district is Lawrence High School in?

Regional School Unit 49/Maine School Admin District 49

Is Lawrence High School a good school?

Lawrence High School ranks 85^th of 119 Maine high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Lawrence High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 531 students attended Lawrence High School.

What is the racial makeup of Lawrence High School?

Students at Lawrence High School are 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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