Rsu 54/msad 54 Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Skowhegan Area High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Canaan Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Skowhegan Area Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A+ Mill Stream Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A+ Margaret Chase Smith Sch Skowhegan (Elementary school, meets expectations)

High schools (1)

• A+ Skowhegan Area High School, Skowhegan

Middle and junior high schools (1)

• A+ Skowhegan Area Middle School, Skowhegan

Elementary and primary schools (4)

• Bloomfield Elementary School, Skowhegan
• A+ Canaan Elementary School, Canaan
• A+ Mill Stream Elementary School, Norridgewock
• North Elementary School, Skowhegan

Other schools and academies (1)

• A+ Margaret Chase Smith Sch Skowhegan, Skowhegan

Cities and towns served (3)

• Skowhegan (5)
• Canaan (1)
• Norridgewock (1)

• State: Best schools in Maine
• County: Somerset County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: fringe rural (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 2,238 students with 219 full-time-equivalent teachers and 510 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 2314590
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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