Middle · Maine

Saco Middle School

Free meals for all

Saco Middle School, a public middle school in Saco, Maine: grades 6–8, 586 students, 10.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Saco Public Schools.

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: 586
Teachers (FTE): 55.4
Students per teacher: 10.6
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of middle schools in Maine

Median 11.1 · 84 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 89% of middle schools in Maine

Median 338 · 84 schools compared

Larger than 57% 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%

65%proficient

−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Maine

Median 65% · 83 middle schools compared

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

Math

Maine: 50%

52%proficient

+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 80% of middle schools in Maine

Median 39% · 83 middle schools compared

570 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 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Saco Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Saco Public Schools.

Location

Address: 40 Buxton Road, Saco, ME 04072
Phone: (207)282-4181
City or town: Saco
County: York County

Website Quality of life in Saco Schools in Saco

Nearby middle schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Biddeford Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–7	542	10.3	62%	36%	3.6 mi
Loranger Memorial SchoolFree meals for all	3–8	251	8.2	68%	48%	3.8 mi
Scarborough Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	663	10.6	82%	62%	8.0 mi
Middle School of the KennebunksFree meals for all	6–8	470	9.9	83%	73%	9.5 mi
Gorham Middle School	6–8	718	13.8	71%	53%	9.7 mi
South Portland Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	807	9.2	65%	50%	10.7 mi

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.

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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