Schools · Levant

Levant, ME schools

Levant’s public schools score below Maine’s averages: 83% of students are proficient in reading against 85% statewide. Kids attend Suzanne M Smith Elementary School through grade 5, then Caravel Middle School.

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

CSchool Grade #124Best schools in ME (of 133)

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Levant’s School Grade: C

The public schools Levant’s kids attend trail 66% of Maine’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scores

Maine school districts we grade (176)Better than 34%

Lower resultsHigher results

Maine towns with similar household incomes (242)Better than 28%

Towns in Penobscot County (49)Better than 53%

Good confidence. Built on 399 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change 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.