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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Maine

Across Maine, 280 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Park Avenue Elementary School leads the list at 91.8%, against a median of 48.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

280

Maine

Top % FRL

91.8%

Median % FRL

48.5%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MAINE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Park Avenue Elementary School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	390	91.8%
2	Downeast School	Bangor, ME	Bangor Public Schools	Elementary	288	89.9%
3	Milo Elementary School	Milo, ME	RSU 41/MSAD 41	Elementary	136	89.7%
4	Searsport Elementary	Searsport, ME	RSU 20	Elementary	167	80.2%
5	Rumford Elementary	Rumford, ME	RSU 10	Elementary	213	79.8%
6	Meroby Elementary School	Mexico, ME	RSU 10	Elementary	256	79.3%
7	Washburn School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	219	78.5%
8	East End Community School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	391	77.2%
9	Madison Elementary School	Madison, ME	RSU 59/MSAD 59	Elementary	140	77.1%
10	Ridge View Community School	Dexter, ME	MSAD 46	Elementary	528	76.5%
11	Houlton Elementary School	Houlton, ME	RSU 29/MSAD 29	Elementary	282	75.9%
12	Sherwood Heights Elementary Sch	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	291	75.6%
13	Margaret Chase Smith Sch - Skowhegan	Skowhegan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Elementary	180	75.6%
14	Bloomfield Elementary School	Skowhegan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Elementary	267	74.9%
15	Milbridge Elementary School	Milbridge, ME	RSU 37/MSAD 37	Elementary	114	74.6%
16	Somerset Elementary School	Hartland, ME	RSU 19	Elementary	231	74.5%
17	Jonesport Elementary School	Jonesport, ME	Jonesport Public Schools	Elementary	101	74.3%
18	Carrabec Community School	North Anson, ME	RSU 74/MSAD 74	Elementary	225	74.2%
19	George J Mitchell School	Waterville, ME	Waterville Public Schools	Elementary	532	73.9%
20	Robert V. Connors Elementary School	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	Elementary	737	73.7%
21	Saccarappa School	Westbrook, ME	Westbrook Public Schools	Elementary	396	73.2%
22	Main Street Middle School	Madison, ME	RSU 59/MSAD 59	Elementary	160	73.1%
23	North Elementary School	Skowhegan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Elementary	118	72.9%
24	Howard C Reiche Community Sch	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	467	72.8%
25	Walton School	Auburn, ME	Auburn Public Schools	Elementary	156	72.4%
26	Oxford-Cumberland Canal School	Westbrook, ME	Westbrook Public Schools	Elementary	188	72.3%
27	Phillips Elementary Sch	Phillips, ME	RSU 58/MSAD 58	Elementary	112	72.3%
28	Dimensions Academy	Cornville, ME	Community Regional Charter School	Elementary	177	72.3%
29	Piscataquis Community Elementary	Guilford, ME	RSU 80/MSAD 04	Elementary	264	72.0%
30	Sanford Pride Elementary School	Sanford, ME	Sanford Public Schools	Elementary	383	71.8%
31	Helen S Dunn Elementary School	Greenbush, ME	Greenbush Public Schools	Elementary	131	71.8%
32	Albert S Hall School	Waterville, ME	Waterville Public Schools	Elementary	237	71.3%
33	Canaan Elementary School	Canaan, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Elementary	160	71.3%
34	Spruce Mountain Elementary School	Jay, ME	RSU 73	Elementary	306	70.9%
35	Gerald E Talbot Community School	Portland, ME	Portland Public Schools	Elementary	394	70.8%
36	Princeton Elementary School	Princeton, ME	Princeton Public Schools	Elementary	113	70.8%
37	Van Buren Elementary School	Van Buren, ME	RSU 88/MSAD 24	Elementary	204	70.6%
38	Limestone Community School	Limestone, ME	Limestone Public Schools	Elementary	138	70.3%
39	Fairfield Primary School	Fairfield, ME	RSU 49/MSAD 49	Elementary	111	70.3%
40	Montello School	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	Elementary	675	70.1%
41	Cherryfield Elementary	Cherryfield, ME	Cherryfield Public Schools	Elementary	110	70.0%
42	Pine Street Elementary School	Presque Isle, ME	RSU 79/MSAD 01	Elementary	325	69.5%
43	Granite Street School	Millinocket, ME	Millinocket Public Schools	Elementary	209	68.9%
44	Athens Community School	Athens, ME	Athens Public Schools	Elementary	105	67.6%
45	Katahdin Elementary School	Stacyville, ME	RSU 89	Elementary	136	66.9%
46	Biddeford Primary School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	483	66.9%
47	Mill Stream Elementary School	Norridgewock, ME	RSU 54/MSAD 54	Elementary	309	66.7%
48	Raymond A. Geiger Elementary School	Lewiston, ME	Lewiston Public Schools	Elementary	572	66.4%
49	Biddeford Intermediate School	Biddeford, ME	Biddeford Public Schools	Elementary	357	66.4%
50	Molly Ockett School	Fryeburg, ME	RSU 72/MSAD 72	Elementary	520	66.0%

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