Summary:
The 04271 zip code in Maine is home to a single elementary school, Paris Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 369 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.
Paris Elementary School's academic performance, as measured by the percentage of students proficient or better on the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA), is consistently below the regional and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 50.86% in ELA (compared to 52.44% for the district and 63.84% for the state), 36.64% in Math (compared to 35.6% for the district and 49.38% for the state), and 10% in Science (compared to 18.47% for the district and 36.18% for the state). Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, which is lower than the state average, Paris Elementary School's performance and rankings have fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 244 out of 288 elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 271 out of 290 in 2022-2023. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 49.59% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggests that the school may be serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, which could be impacting academic achievement.
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