Summary:
The 04032 zip code area is home to two high-performing elementary schools - Morse Street School and Mast Landing School. Both schools are part of the Regional School Unit 05 district, which is ranked 24th out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Mast Landing School, serving grades 3-5, has consistently ranked in the top 25% of Maine elementary schools over the past 3 years, with proficiency rates exceeding the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, Mast Landing School's proficiency rates were 73% in ELA, 64.12% in Math, and 25.32% in Science, compared to the district averages of 76.68%, 68.55%, and 52.39%, and the state averages of 63.84%, 49.38%, and 36.18%, respectively.
Both Morse Street School, serving grades PK-2, and Mast Landing School have relatively low rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 22.15% and 22.06% respectively. The schools also have favorable student-teacher ratios, with Morse Street School at 11.6 and Mast Landing School at 10.9. However, both schools share a chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is an area that could be further investigated to understand the underlying factors and potential strategies for improvement.
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