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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 04217

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263

Students

Top rankedCrescent Park School158^th of 289 Maine elementary schools

Summary:

The 04217 zip code area is home to one elementary school, Crescent Park School, which serves students from grades K-5. This school has demonstrated consistently strong academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science exceeding the regional and state averages over the past two school years.

Crescent Park School has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years, placing it among the top 30% of Maine elementary schools. The school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.6 suggests smaller class sizes and potentially more individualized attention for students. However, the school's ranking dropped to the bottom half of Maine elementary schools in the 2024-2025 school year, which is a trend that warrants further investigation.

While Crescent Park School has shown strong academic performance, it also faces some challenges. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year is a metric to monitor closely, as high chronic absenteeism can negatively impact student learning and achievement. Additionally, the school's free/reduced lunch rate of 39.57% in the 2023-2024 school year indicates that a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, which can be an important factor in analyzing the school's performance.

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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/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
Crescent Park School	Public	PK, KG-5	19 Crescent Lane	Bethel	04217	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 44/Maine School Admin District 44	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 824-2839	263	25	10.5	48.3%	258 (98.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	52.8	158^th of 289 public elementary schools	45.3%		72.8	83^rd of 288 public elementary schools	71.2%	75	68.9	51.9	25.0	$23,501

Cities Near Zip Code 04217

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bethel	4.08 mi	3	152^nd
Bryant Pond	4.15 mi	1	126^th
Rumford	10.07 mi	2	241^st
West Paris	10.33 mi	1
Mexico	10.98 mi	4	270^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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