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Dayton, ME schools

Dayton’s public schools score well above Maine’s averages: 92% of students are proficient in reading against 85% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.8%. Kids attend Dayton Consolidated School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

ASchool Grade

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Dayton’s School Grade: A

The public schools Dayton’s kids attend outperform 85% of Maine’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

A-Test scores

Maine school districts we grade (176)Better than 85%

Lower resultsHigher results

Maine towns with similar household incomes (118)Better than 65%

Towns in York County (26)Better than 73%

Lower confidence. Built on 91 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maine’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Maine only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Maine with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.