Middle · Maine

Houlton Junior High School

Free meals for all

Houlton Junior High School, a public middle school in Houlton, Maine: grades 7–8, 186 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 29/MSAD 29.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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
186
Teachers (FTE)
11.1
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
7–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in Maine

Median 11.1 · 84 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 81% of middle schools in Maine

Median 338 · 84 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 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%

68%proficient

+5.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 61% of middle schools in Maine

Median 65% · 83 middle schools compared

167 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maine: 50%

33%proficient

+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 72% of middle schools in Maine

Median 39% · 83 middle schools compared

168 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
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 29/MSAD 29.

Location

Address
7 Bird Street, Houlton, ME 04730
Phone
(207)532-6551
City or town
Houlton

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

No other public middle schools within 25 miles.

Sources

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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