The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in English language arts. The lowest is 57% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Congin School
Congin School sits on Bridge Street in Westbrook, a city that has reshaped itself over the past two decades from a traditional mill town into a growing Portland suburb with a diversified business base. The Presumpscot River runs through the center of the city, and the downtown core along Main Street has been actively developing with mixed-use projects, multi-use trails, and public open spaces. Westbrook was publicly reported as the fastest-growing city in Maine leading up to the 2020 census. IDEXX Laboratories, a major multinational corporation, is headquartered here and is the city's largest taxpayer, while the old Sappi paper mill still operates at a reduced scale. Healthcare employers like Mercy Westbrook and Spring Harbor Hospital anchor the local economy alongside the city government itself. Elementary schools in Westbrook, including Congin, are distributed across different neighborhoods rather than clustered on a single campus, with civic life centered downtown near the river.
Congin serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, which means the school has no graduation rate and no state science assessment results because those apply to later grades. The Maine Through Year Assessment covers grades three through eight, and Congin's tested students are in third and fourth grade only. On the most recent state assessment, a clear majority of tested students reached proficiency in English language arts, with math proficiency slightly lower but still representing a majority of tested students. Full participation was reported, meaning every eligible student sat for the exam. No multi-year trend data was available, so there is no way to say from the provided data whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. A parent who wants a fuller picture of academic trajectory may want to ask the school directly about prior-year results.
The school is mid-sized for an elementary building, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across the grades it serves. The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Black population and smaller Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial groups also represented. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives Congin a mixed-income character rather than a uniformly affluent or uniformly high-need profile. Data on special education enrollment and English learner status was not available, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
Westbrook's housing market runs above both the state and national benchmarks for typical home values, and rents in the school's zip code are moderate relative to the broader region. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home here, assuming a conventional down payment, exceeds the typical monthly rent, which means buying into the area carries a steeper cost than renting. Home values have been roughly flat year over year, so the market is not surging, but it is not softening much either. For a family considering Congin, the housing context matters: this is a suburb of Portland with growing commercial appeal, and that growth is reflected in what homes cost.
Several categories of information that would help a parent round out the picture were missing from the data. No staffing figures, class-size data, discipline records, course or program offerings, attendance rates, Title I status, or civil-rights data were available for Congin itself. The school's specific locale classification, charter or magnet designation, and school-type categorization were also not reported. Westbrook Public Schools did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes such as curriculum shifts, referendums, or facility decisions in the available data, so there is nothing to relay on that front.
What the data does show is an elementary school in a transitioning suburban city with solid state assessment results, full testing participation, a racially mixed and economically diverse student body, and a housing market that reflects Westbrook's broader growth. Families drawn to a community with riverfront identity, expanding employers, and proximity to Portland would find Congin embedded in that context. The gaps in available information, particularly around staffing, special populations, and programs, mean a visit or direct conversation with the school would be a useful next step for any parent trying to decide whether this is the right fit.
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