Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04443

Summary:

The 04443 zip code area is home to two schools - Piscataquis Community Elementary School and Piscataquis Community Secondary School. Both schools are part of the Regional School Unit 80/Maine School Admin District 04, which is ranked 161st out of 176 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Based on the available data, neither Piscataquis Community Elementary nor Piscataquis Community Secondary School appear to be standout performers. Both schools have consistently low statewide rankings and ratings, with Piscataquis Community Elementary ranked 244th out of 289 Maine elementary schools and Piscataquis Community Secondary School ranked 103rd out of 119 Maine high schools. Their proficiency rates in ELA, Math, and Science are all below the state and district averages, with the exception of Science at Piscataquis Community Secondary School in 2023-2024.

Additionally, both schools have high chronic absenteeism rates, at 23.4% for the 2023-2024 school year, and serve populations with significant socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by their high free/reduced lunch rates (61.51% for Piscataquis Community Elementary and 50.88% for Piscataquis Community Secondary School). While the schools have relatively low student-teacher ratios, this does not appear to be translating into better academic performance, suggesting that other factors may be at play in these underperforming schools.

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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
Piscataquis Community Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	25 Campus Drive	Guilford	04443	Piscataquis County	Regional School Unit 80/Maine School Admin District 04	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 876-4301	264	22	12.2	72.0%	257 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	23.4	244^th of 289 public elementary schools	15.6%		27.6	243^rd of 288 public elementary schools	15.6%	1	54.0	43.1	15.4	$16,851
Piscataquis Community Secondary School	Public	7-12	9 Campus Drive	Guilford	04443	Piscataquis County	Regional School Unit 80/Maine School Admin District 04	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 876-4625	210	21	10.1	60.5%	202 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	17.3	103^rd of 119 public high schools	13.4%		43.8	59^th of 121 public high schools	51.2%	44	50.0	32.3	29.2	$22,652

Cities Near Zip Code 04443

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Guilford	3.13 mi	2	247^th
Dover Foxcroft	9.01 mi	2	167^th
Dexter	14.12 mi	3	163^rd
Charleston	17.66 mi	1
Harmony	17.75 mi	1	116^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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