Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04268

Summary:

The 04268 zip code contains a single elementary school, Guy E Rowe School, which serves grades PK-6 with 414 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Administrative District 17, which is ranked 163 out of 176 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Guy E Rowe School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maine elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years, and a 0-star rating for 2022-2023. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are below the district and state averages, and its chronic absenteeism rate is a concerning 23.4%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 64.01% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a predominantly low-income student population.

Overall, the data suggests that Guy E Rowe School is an underperforming institution facing significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students. The declining proficiency rates in Mathematics and Science, coupled with the low overall performance, highlight the need for the school and the district to implement targeted interventions and strategies to improve student outcomes. The combination of low academic performance and high socioeconomic need raises questions about equity and access to quality education for the students at Guy E Rowe School.

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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 (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	MEA Science All Grades	Total
Guy E Rowe School	Public	PK, KG-6	219 Main Street	Norway	04268	Oxford County	Regional School Unit 17/Maine School Admin District 17	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 743-5183	428	35	12.3	62.9%	377 (88.1%)	3 (0.7%)	13 (3.0%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.6%)	19.8	253^rd of 289 public elementary schools	12.5%		21.2	257^th of 288 public elementary schools	10.8%	4	49.8	44.2	8.1	$20,744

Cities Near Zip Code 04268

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Norway	0.17 mi	1	251^st
Paris	0.55 mi	3	259^th
South Paris	0.55 mi	1
Oxford	5.81 mi	1	261^st
West Paris	8.07 mi	1

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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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