Bucksport High School
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Test scores
MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bucksport High School
Bucksport High School, a small four-year high school in Bucksport, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 25, serves 361 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
RSU 25 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,067 students. Bucksport High School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Bucksport High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
On the resource side, On paper, Bucksport High School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hancock County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,744 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Bucksport High School is one of 35 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students).
Nearest neighbor: Miles Lane School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bucksport High School has climbed 15%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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- Miles Lane SchoolElementary · 316 students
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- Bucksport Middle SchoolMiddle · 292 students
- G Herbert Jewett SchoolElementary · 98 students
- Miles Lane School0.2 mi · 316
- G Herbert Jewett School0.3 mi · 98
- Bucksport Middle School0.5 mi · 292
- Leroy H Smith School5.2 mi · 260
- Samuel L Wagner Middle School5.6 mi · 203
- Penobscot Elementary School8.3 mi · 65