Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04563

Summary:

The 04563 zip code is home to a single standout elementary school, Cushing Community School, which serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 76 students. This school is part of the Regional School Unit 13 district, which is ranked 58 out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cushing Community School is a high-performing institution, with a significant improvement in its statewide ranking over the past few years. The school has moved from a rank of 150 out of 290 Maine elementary schools in 2022-2023 to a rank of 19 out of 289 in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. This impressive jump in ranking, coupled with the school's 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2024-2025 school year, suggests that Cushing Community School is outperforming many other elementary schools in the state.

The school's academic excellence is further evidenced by its significantly higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (79.49%) and Mathematics (74.36%) compared to the Regional School Unit 13 district (68.46% and 49.87%, respectively) and the state of Maine (63.84% and 49.38%, respectively) in the 2024-2025 school year. While the school has a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4%, it maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 7.3 to 1, which may contribute to its strong academic performance despite having a 50% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.

Choose columns to see: Summary School Students/Teachers Ranking Test Scores Finance All

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
Cushing Community School	Public	K-5	54 Cross Road	Cushing	04563	Knox County	Regional School Unit 13	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 354-2312	74	10	7.6	55.4%	73 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	91.8	19^th of 289 public elementary schools	93.4%		65.4	110^th of 288 public elementary schools	61.8%	91	79.5	74.4	$30,471

Cities Near Zip Code 04563

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cushing	2.03 mi	1	15^th
Tenants Harbor	3.03 mi	2	76^th
Friendship	3.44 mi	1	35^th
Thomaston	7.31 mi	3	100^th
Waldoboro	9.33 mi	3	206^th

See the top ME Maine cities

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maine Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.