Schools in Steep Falls · School Administrative District 06
Steep Falls’s public schools score below 65% of Maine districts
The public schools Steep Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Maine’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
36%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
87%
▲ 2 pts vs ME 85%
2020–21
Math proficiency
80%
▼ 1 pts vs ME 81%
2020–21
Graduate on time
81%
▼ 6 pts vs ME 87%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$18.2K
▼ 12% vs ME $20.6K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Steep Falls compares
C+ Test scoresC− Graduation
Maine school districts we grade (176)Better than 35%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maine towns with similar household incomes (291)Better than 36%
High confidence. Built on 1,672 tested students and a graduating class of 279; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maine’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Maine only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Steep Falls.
4 schools teach Pre-K in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Edna Libby Elementary School, Hollis School and H B Emery Jr Memorial School.
5 schools teach K in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Edna Libby Elementary School, Hollis School and H B Emery Jr Memorial School and more.
5 schools teach 1st grade in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Edna Libby Elementary School, Hollis School and H B Emery Jr Memorial School and more.
5 schools teach 2nd grade in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Edna Libby Elementary School, Hollis School and H B Emery Jr Memorial School and more.
5 schools teach 3rd grade in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Edna Libby Elementary School, Hollis School and H B Emery Jr Memorial School and more.
5 schools teach 4th grade in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Hollis School, H B Emery Jr Memorial School and George E Jack School and more.
5 schools teach 5th grade in Steep Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Buxton Center Elementary School, Hollis School, H B Emery Jr Memorial School and George E Jack School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8Bonny Eagle Middle Schoolin Buxton
9–12Bonny Eagle High Schoolin Standish
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading87%
State average 85%
Math80%
State average 81.3%
Steep Falls vs. its neighbors
Steep Falls’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Maine districts.
Every school in Steep Falls
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Steep Falls · in other towns
Buxton Center Elementary School
C−552 students11:1Rate it →
Edna Libby Elementary School
A296 students14:1Rate it →
Hollis School
C272 students13:1Rate it →
H B Emery Jr Memorial School
C+211 students12:1Rate it →
Steep Falls Elementary School
A−85 students12:1Rate it →
Bonny Eagle Middle School
C+712 students11:1Rate it →
Bonny Eagle High School
A−1,027 students13:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Steep Falls
There’s no college in Steep Falls, but 9 are within 30 miles. The closest is Saint Joseph's College of Maine in Standish, 7 miles away.
Saint Joseph's College of MaineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Standish
7 mi710 students
University of Southern MaineUniversity or college · Public · Portland
19.1 mi5,699 students
Unity Environmental UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New Gloucester
19.5 mi174 students
Maine College of Art & DesignUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Portland
20 mi470 students
Southern Maine Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · South Portland
21.7 mi5,470 students
University of New EnglandUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Biddeford
25.7 mi3,690 students
The Landing SchoolCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Arundel
28.9 mi43 students
Maine College of Health ProfessionsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lewiston
29.1 mi193 students
Bates CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lewiston
29.8 mi1,753 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Steep Falls. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Maine. Stars are from neighbors.