Best Public Schools in Zip Code 04966

Summary:

The 04966 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Phillips Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 125 students. The school is part of the Regional School Unit 58/Maine School Admin District 58, which is ranked 79 out of 176 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Phillips Elementary School has shown a mix of strengths and challenges in its academic performance. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had 64.44% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 66.67% proficient or better in Mathematics, which are above the district and state averages. However, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate dipped to 55%, which was below the district and state averages, while the Mathematics proficiency rate remained strong at 67.5%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 23.4% in the 2023-2024 school year is relatively high, which may be an area of concern.

Additionally, 72% of students at Phillips Elementary School were recipients of free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic need among the student population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 15.6 in the 2023-2024 school year is relatively low, which may suggest smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students. Overall, while Phillips Elementary School has shown some academic strengths, particularly in Mathematics, the school faces challenges related to chronic absenteeism and the socioeconomic factors of its student population, which may require additional support and resources to address.

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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
Phillips Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1401 Rangeley Road	Phillips	04966	Franklin County	Regional School Unit 58/Maine School Admin District 58	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(207) 639-2909	112	11	10.4	72.3%	105 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.5%)	68.2	97^th of 289 public elementary schools	66.4%		53.9	143^rd of 288 public elementary schools	50.3%	46	64.4	66.7	$22,884

Cities Near Zip Code 04966

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Phillips	1.41 mi	1	89^th
Strong	6.66 mi	2	103^rd
Kingfield	12.94 mi	1	193^rd
Rangeley	16.25 mi	1
Farmington	16.41 mi	5	158^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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