Best Public Schools in Zip Code 03848

ZIP code 03848 includes three schools in the Sanborn Regional School District, serving grades PK–2, 6–8, and 9–12, with 968 students total; the supplied list does not include a local school for grades 3–5. The area’s schools show a mix of strengths: Sanborn Regional Middle School has the strongest recent improvement, while Sanborn Regional High School has strong graduation and reading results.

Sanborn Regional Middle School is the clearest positive standout. Its ranking rose from the 40th to the 59th percentile in the most recent year, and proficiency improved in mathematics, reading, and science. It now exceeds the state in math and science, with 46% proficiency in math and 42% in science. Its 10.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio is also lower than the high school’s 12.8-to-1 ratio. Within the middle school, Grade 8 reading is particularly strong at 64%, although Grade 8 math is weaker at 37%, making math support an important consideration before students enter high school.

Sanborn Regional High School serves the largest enrollment, with 448 students, and has a 90.9% graduation rate and a 1.6% dropout rate—both favorable compared with statewide figures. Reading is its strongest academic area at 61%, but math proficiency is only 21% and science is 28%, below both district and state results. Daniel J. Bakie School serves 269 students in PK–2 and has the area’s lowest student-teacher ratio, 7.4-to-1, plus the lowest reported free/reduced-price lunch participation. Overall, parents may want to focus most closely on the transition from middle to high school, especially how students are supported in mathematics and science.