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Saco Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
40 Buxton Road
Saco, ME 04072
Phone
(207) 282-4181
District
SACO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
YORK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
571
Classroom Teachers
58

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.4% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Saco Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
89%
83%
89%
85%
89%
81%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
16
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 188 32.9%
Grade 7 193 33.8%
Grade 8 190 33.3%
Total 571 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.3% 90.0% 90.3%
Black 4.9% 4.3% 4.4%
Hispanic 2.7% 2.6% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.4% 2.7% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.4% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.5% 27.1% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 17.9% 18.8% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.7% 8.2% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,203 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.6% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,631 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.5% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 40.7% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.4% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 7.5% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,530 $19,701,630 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,492 $2,791,532 6.2%
Staff $848 $1,586,608 3.5%
General Administration $819 $1,532,349 3.4%
School Administration $759 $1,420,089 3.1%
Operation $1,119 $2,093,649 4.6%
Transportation $799 $1,494,929 3.3%
Other $205 $383,555 0.8%
Total Support $6,041 $11,302,711 24.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,683 $14,374,893 31.7%
Total Expenditures $24,253 $45,377,363 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,013 $1,557,312,775 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,171 $202,240,927 6.5%
Staff $757 $130,713,784 4.2%
General Administration $584 $100,966,397 3.3%
School Administration $887 $153,312,959 4.9%
Operation $1,572 $271,525,927 8.8%
Transportation $761 $131,487,161 4.2%
Other $213 $36,725,172 1.2%
Total Support $5,944 $1,026,977,106 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,977 $514,438,405 16.6%
Total Expenditures $17,934 $3,098,714,625 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%