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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in York County, Maine

Across York County, Maine, 37 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Sanford Pride Elementary School leads the list at 71.8%, against a median of 35.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

York County, Maine

Top % FRL

71.8%

Median % FRL

35.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · YORK COUNTY, MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Sanford Pride Elementary School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	383	71.8%
2	Biddeford Primary School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	483	66.9%
3	Biddeford Intermediate School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	357	66.4%
4	John F Kennedy Memorial School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	157	65.0%
5	Carl J Lamb School	Springvale, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	436	58.9%
6	Line Elementary	West Newfield, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	261	55.2%
7	Margaret Chase Smith	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	396	54.0%
8	Waterboro Elementary School	East Waterboro, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	547	49.4%
9	H B Emery Jr Memorial School	Limington, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	211	49.3%
10	Buxton Center Elementary School	Buxton, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	552	48.0%
11	Shapleigh Memorial School	Shapleigh, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	153	43.8%
12	Lyman Elementary School	Lyman, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	241	42.7%
13	Hanson School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	267	40.8%
14	Governor John Fairfield School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	268	39.6%
15	Lebanon Elementary School	Lebanon, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	135	37.8%
16	Eric L Knowlton School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	204	36.3%
17	Vivian E Hussey School	Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	370	35.9%
18	Dayton Consolidated School	Dayton, ME	Dayton Public Schools	Elementary	128	35.9%
19	Alfred Elementary School	Alfred, ME	RSU 57/MSAD 57	Elementary	179	35.2%
20	Hollis School	Hollis, ME	RSU 06/MSAD 06	Elementary	272	34.6%
21	C K Burns School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	641	33.9%
22	Saco Pre-K	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	124	30.6%
23	Jameson Elementary School	Old Orchard Beach, ME	RSU 23	Elementary	177	30.5%
24	Acton Elementary School	Acton, ME	Acton Public Schools	Elementary	256	30.1%
25	Young School	Saco, ME	Saco Public Schools	Elementary	323	28.5%
26	North Berwick Elementary School	North Berwick, ME	RSU 60/MSAD 60	Elementary	258	26.0%
27	Wells Elementary School	Wells, ME	Wells-Ogunquit CSD	Elementary	563	23.6%
28	Mildred L Day School	Arundel, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	224	23.2%
29	Central School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	402	19.7%
30	Coastal Ridge Elementary	York, ME	York Public Schools	Elementary	332	19.6%
31	Village Elementary School-York	York, ME	York Public Schools	Elementary	226	18.6%
32	Eliot Elementary School	Eliot, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	282	17.7%
33	Horace Mitchell Primary School	Kittery Point, ME	Kittery Public Schools	Elementary	315	17.1%
34	Marshwood Great Works School	South Berwick, ME	RSU 35/MSAD 35	Elementary	287	16.7%
35	Kennebunk Elementary School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	378	15.3%
36	Sea Road School	Kennebunk, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	308	15.3%
37	Kennebunkport Consolidated Sch	Kennebunkport, ME	RSU 21	Elementary	199	12.6%

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