Elementary · Maine
Bowdoinham Community School
Free meals for allBowdoinham Community School, a public elementary school in Bowdoinham, Maine: grades k–5, 192 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 75/MSAD 75.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 192
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.7
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 208 · 348 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maine's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maine: 65%74%proficient
−5.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 78% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 65% · 298 elementary schools compared
100 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maine: 50%77%proficient
+7.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 57% · 297 elementary schools compared
100 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- RSU 75/MSAD 75
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 75/MSAD 75.
Location
- Address
- 23 Cemetery Road, Bowdoinham, ME 04008
- Phone
- (207)666-5546
- City or town
- Bowdoinham
- County
- Sagadahoc County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowdoin Central SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 194 | 11.0 | 63% | 70% |
West Bath SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 101 | 8.1 | 74% | 67% |
Williams-Cone SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 224 | 11.9 | 69% | 67% |
Marcia Buker SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 214 | 10.1 | 70% | 41% |
Woodside Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 294 | 10.8 | 81% | 77% |
Kate Furbish Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 616 | 12.1 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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