Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04943

Summary:

The 04943 zip code has only one school, Somerset Elementary School, a public elementary school serving grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 223 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 19 district, which is ranked 134 out of 176 districts in Maine and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Somerset Elementary School's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, from 166 out of 289 Maine elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 252 out of 290 in 2022-2023, with a corresponding drop in its SchoolDigger star rating from 2 to 1. The school had a high chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year, which may be a contributing factor to its declining performance. However, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (55.56%) and Mathematics (61.73%) were both higher than the district's average, but lower than the state's average.

A significant portion (74.44%) of Somerset Elementary School's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating that the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges. Despite these challenges, the school had a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.1 in the 2023-2024 school year, which could be a potential strength in providing more individualized attention and support for students.

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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
Somerset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	45 Blake Street	Hartland	04943	Somerset County	Regional School Unit 19	No	No	No	Yes	(207) 938-4770	231	20	11.5	74.5%	219 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	49.8	166^th of 289 public elementary schools	42.6%		34.8	224^th of 288 public elementary schools	22.2%	58	55.6	61.7	$24,844

Cities Near Zip Code 04943

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hartland	0.5 mi	1	154^th
Pittsfield	7.54 mi	3	172^nd
Harmony	7.67 mi	1	116^th
Newport	7.89 mi	3	240^th
Canaan	10.32 mi	1	53^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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