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Schools in Starks

Starks’s public schools

School Administrative District 59 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Starks. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Maine’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
85%
2021–22
Math proficiency
80%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.0K
▲ 7% vs ME $20.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.5
ME 11.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
543 students on the public path
In brief

Starks’s schools, in brief

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
PK–2Madison Elementary Schoolin MadisonNo scores
3–6Main Street Middle Schoolin MadisonNo scores
7–12Madison Jr/Sr High Schoolin MadisonNo scores

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the School Administrative District 59.

The district

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

School Administrative District 59Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 543 students, down 1% since 2023–24 · 9.5 per teacher (ME 11.3)
$22,018ME $20,630 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading85%
State average 84.1% · 272 students tested
Math80%
State average 81.5% · 270 students tested

Starks vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Starks—School Administrative District 59
NorridgewockCSchool Administrative District 54
Mercer—School Administrative District 54
MadisonC+School Administrative District 59
Industry—Regional School Unit 09
New SharonC+Regional School Unit 09
AnsonC−School Administrative District 74

Every school in Starks

3 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).

Also serving Starksin other towns
Madison Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Madison
140 students8:1Rate it →
Main Street Middle School
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Madison
160 students10:1Rate it →
Madison Jr/Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Madison
243 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Starks’s schools

Are Starks’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Starks. School Administrative District 59 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Starks. Each school below is shown with its own results.

What school district is Starks in?

School Administrative District 59.

Where do Starks kids go to high school?

Madison Jr/Sr High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) 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.