Middle · Maine
Telstar Middle School
Free meals for allTelstar Middle School, a public middle school in Bethel, Maine: grades 6–8, 155 students, 9.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 44/MSAD 44.
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
- 155
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.2
- Students per teacher
- 9.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 89% of middle schools in Maine
Median 11.1 · 84 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of middle schools in Maine
Median 338 · 84 schools compared
Smaller than 90% 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%67%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Maine
Median 65% · 83 middle schools compared
155 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maine: 50%39%proficient
+17.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Maine
Median 39% · 83 middle schools compared
155 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
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- RSU 44/MSAD 44
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 44/MSAD 44.
Location
- Address
- 284 Walkers Mills Rd, Bethel, ME 04217
- Phone
- (207)824-2136
- County
- Oxford County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Mountain Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 376 | 11.9 |
| 6–8 | 180 | 15.0 | |
Oxford Hills Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 479 | 12.3 |
| 6–8 | 80 | 9.1 | |
| 6–8 | 254 | 12.1 |
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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