Westport Island’s public schools
Regional School Unit 12 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Westport Island. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
Westport Island’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Westport Island’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s 487 public schools. Palermo Consolidated School places highest (better than 57%); Chelsea Elementary School lowest (32%). 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 Westport Island, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Westport Island · depends on your address
Chelsea Elementary School
Grades PK–8 · 262 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Chelsea
Whitefield Elementary School
Grades PK–8 · 184 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Whitefield
Somerville Elementary School
Grades PK · 32 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Somerville
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Regional School Unit 12.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Westport Island vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Maine towns that share Westport Island’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Westport Island | — | Regional School Unit 12 |
| Georgetown | C+ | Georgetown |
| Edgecomb | B− | Edgecomb |
| Wiscasset | D | Wiscasset |
| Woolwich | B+ | Regional School Unit 01 |
| Boothbay | B− | Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor |
| Boothbay Harbor | B− | Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor |
Every school in Westport Island
4 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).
Questions about Westport Island’s schools
Are Westport Island’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Westport Island. Regional School Unit 12 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Westport Island. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Maine’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Westport Island in?
Regional School Unit 12.
Where do Westport Island kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Windsor Elementary School, Chelsea Elementary School, Whitefield Elementary School and Palermo Consolidated School.
Parents talk
What Westport Island families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Westport Island → 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.