Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04555

Summary:

The 04555 zip code is home to a single standout elementary school, Nobleboro Central School, which serves grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 149 students. This school is part of the highly-ranked Nobleboro Public Schools district, which is ranked 25th out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Nobleboro Central School is a consistently high-performing institution, outperforming the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science on the Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) tests. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 74.47% in ELA, 72.34% in Math, and 59.38% in Science, compared to the state averages of 63.84%, 49.38%, and 36.18%, respectively. The school has maintained these impressive academic standards over the past two school years, with only a slight dip in Science proficiency.

Additionally, Nobleboro Central School boasts a relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 20.13% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a student-teacher ratio of 9.4, which is lower than the state average. While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year is higher than the state average, it is still within a reasonable range. Overall, Nobleboro Central School stands out as a high-performing and well-resourced institution in the 04555 zip code, providing a quality education to its students.

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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
Nobleboro Central School	Public	K-8	194 Center Street	Nobleboro	04555	Lincoln County	Nobleboro Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 563-3437	140	14	10.1	40.7%	131 (93.6%)	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	87.6	36^th of 289 public elementary schools	87.5%		82.5	47^th of 288 public elementary schools	83.7%	11	74.5	72.3	59.4	$23,926

Cities Near Zip Code 04555

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Nobleboro	1.61 mi	1	33^rd
Damariscotta	4.53 mi	1	94^th
Waldoboro	4.74 mi	3	206^th
Jefferson	7.11 mi	1	190^th
Whitefield	10.27 mi	1	43^rd

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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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