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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 03903

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490

Students

Top rankedMarshwood Middle School13^th of 91 Maine middle schools

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Summary:

The zip code 03903 in Maine is home to a single high-performing middle school, Marshwood Middle School, which serves grades 5-8. This school consistently outperforms the regional and state averages across key academic metrics, ranking it among the top 15% of middle schools in Maine.

Marshwood Middle School boasts impressive proficiency rates, with 75.68% of students proficient in English Language Arts, 56.85% in Mathematics, and 65.68% in Science - all significantly higher than the state averages. The school maintains a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating strong and consistent performance. Additionally, Marshwood Middle School benefits from a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.7, which likely contributes to its academic success.

While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% is slightly higher than the state average, this appears to be the only area where Marshwood Middle School falls short. The school serves a relatively affluent student population, with only 12.47% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, well below the state average. Overall, Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35 can be proud of the exceptional education provided by Marshwood Middle School to the students in the 03903 zip code.

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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 (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Marshwood Middle School	Public	6-8	626 Dow Highway	Eliot	03903	York County	Regional School Unit 35/Maine School Admin District 35	No	No	No	No	(207) 439-1399	490	40	12.3	20.0%	450 (91.8%)	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	77.7	13^th of 91 public middle schools	85.7%		79.9	13^th of 92 public middle schools	85.9%		75.7	56.9	65.7	$19,236

Cities Near Zip Code 03903

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Eliot	0.49 mi	2	21^st
Kittery	2.6 mi	2	165^th
South Berwick	4.84 mi	3	29^th
Kittery Point	5.48 mi	1	68^th
York	6.53 mi	4	17^th

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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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