Summary:
The 04064 zip code is home to a single middle school, Loranger Memorial School, which serves grades 3-8 with a total enrollment of 262 students. While the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates are higher than the district and state averages, its Mathematics and Science proficiency rates lag behind. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a slightly elevated chronic absenteeism rate and a relatively high free and reduced lunch rate, indicating a population with greater economic challenges.
Academically, Loranger Memorial School had a 68.08% ELA proficiency rate in 2024-2025, outperforming the Regional School Unit 23 district (67.63%) and the state (63.84%). However, in the previous year, the school's ELA proficiency rate (60.08%) was lower than the district (63.09%) and state (65.43%) averages. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate of 47.91% in 2024-2025 was slightly below the district (49.04%) and state (49.38%) averages, and its 2023-2024 rate of 38.08% was also lower than the district (38.83%) and state (47.21%) averages. The school's Science proficiency rates were consistently lower than the district and state, with a 2024-2025 rate of 32.61% compared to the district's 36.09% and the state's 36.18%.
Despite these academic challenges, Loranger Memorial School benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.9, which could be leveraged to provide more personalized instruction and support. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% is slightly higher than the state average, and its free and reduced lunch rate of 48.09% suggests the need for additional resources and support to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all students.
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