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Schools in Athens

Athens’s public schools

Athens has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Athens. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Maine’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Maine’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
95%
2021–22
Math proficiency
95%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$19.8K
▼ 4% vs ME $20.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.8
ME 11.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
105 students on the public path
In brief

Athens’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Athens’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s 487 public schools. Athens Community School places highest (better than 90%); Athens Community School lowest (90%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Athens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Athens Community SchoolAthensA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Athens.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

AthensGrades PK–8 · 1 schools · 105 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 8.8 per teacher (ME 11.3)
$19,796ME $20,630 · FY2024
Test scores · 2021–22

How students score

Reading95%
State average 84.1% · 60 students tested · the state reports 90–100%
Math95%
State average 81.5% · 60 students tested · the state reports 90–100%

Athens vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Maine towns that share Athens’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Athens—Athens
HartlandCRegional School Unit 19
Brighton plantation—Brighton Plantation
SolonC−School Administrative District 74
Harmony—Harmony
CornvilleCSchool Administrative District 54

Every school in Athens

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Maine’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Athensby address
Athens Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
A
105 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Athens’s schools

Are Athens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Athens. Athens has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Athens. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Athens in?

Athens.

Where do Athens kids go to high school?

Athens Community School.

Parents talk

What Athens families are saying about school.

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Looking for colleges? Colleges near Athens → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.