Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04263

Summary:

The 04263 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Leeds Central School, which serves grades PK-6 with 199 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 52/Maine School Administrative District 52, which is ranked 96 out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Leeds Central School's academic performance has been mixed in recent years. In 2024-2025, the school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 66.02% was higher than the district (62.17%) and state (63.84%) averages, but its Mathematics proficiency rate of 53.4% was lower than the district (44.57%) and state (49.38%) averages. However, in 2023-2024, the school's ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates were lower than the district and state averages. The school's Science proficiency rate in 2023-2024 was 33.33%, which was higher than the district (29.75%) but lower than the state (33.98%) average.

Leeds Central School also faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in 2023-2024 and a high percentage of students (48.74%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population. On a positive note, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12:1, which may allow for more individualized attention and support for students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MEA English Language Arts (2025)	MEA Mathematics (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	Total
Leeds Central School	Public	PK, KG-6	1185 Route 106	Leeds	04263	Androscoggin County	Regional School Unit 52/Maine School Admin District 52	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 524-5151	196	18	11.0	54.1%	179 (91.3%)	6 (3.1%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)	56.7	143^rd of 289 public elementary schools	50.5%		36.8	215^th of 288 public elementary schools	25.3%	72	66.0	53.4	$21,208

Cities Near Zip Code 04263

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Leeds	0.64 mi	1	134^th
Turner	4.43 mi	4	155^th
Wayne	4.99 mi	1	59^th
Monmouth	5.57 mi	2	137^th
Winthrop	7.14 mi	3	117^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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