The top reported proficiency rate is 87% in Math. The lowest is 56% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Phippsburg Elementary School
Phippsburg Elementary School sits on Main Road in Phippsburg, a small coastal town on a peninsula between the Kennebec River and Casco Bay. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and is part of Regional School Unit 1, headquartered in neighboring Bath. Publicly reported sources describe Phippsburg as primarily residential and rural, with fishing and tourism as the principal industries. The town has no concentrated commercial district. Businesses scatter along the state routes running the length of the peninsula. Seasonal tourism centers on Popham Beach and historic fort sites at the southern tip. The peninsula setting, with water on both sides and a single road corridor, makes the community car-dependent. There is no public transit.
The school is small for its grade band. Its student body is predominantly white, with a small number of students identifying as Hispanic or multiracial. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The data did not include individualized education program rates or English learner counts, so those population details are not available here.
State assessment results from the current school year show strong academic performance. Math proficiency is high, with most tested students meeting or exceeding the standard. English language arts proficiency is also strong, with roughly three quarters of tested students proficient. Science proficiency is more moderate, with a smaller share of tested students meeting the standard, though the science results reflect a smaller tested group because only certain grade levels take that assessment. Every tested student participated, with full participation across all three subjects. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to characterize whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Average scale scores were not reported.
Because Phippsburg Elementary serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no high school course access data applies. The school does not have grade levels that would generate graduation or dropout figures. Civil rights data, discipline information, staffing details, attendance figures, and course access data were not available in the provided materials. Title I status was not reported, and the school's magnet status is listed as null rather than confirmed one way or the other.
For families considering the housing market, Phippsburg's typical home value sits above both the state and national benchmarks, with a recent modest year-over-year decline. The price-to-income ratio runs higher than the national average, pointing to affordability pressure relative to earnings. Rent data was not available for the area. The broader economic context includes a moderate unemployment rate and mortgage rates in the range seen across the country recently.
Phippsburg's growth is constrained by its geography. Much of the town's total area is water, limiting buildable land, and no major new housing subdivisions or development projects were identified in public sources. The town operates under a Town Meeting-Selectmen form of government. Civic and recreational anchors are dominated by natural and historic assets, including Popham Beach State Park, the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area, Fort Popham State Historic Site, Fort Baldwin, and Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge. The town has a community library. No large employers are located within Phippsburg itself; publicly reported context suggests many working residents commute north to Bath, where the regional middle and high schools are also located, or south toward the broader metropolitan area.
The district brief searched for recent parent-relevant changes in RSU 01 but could not confirm any lasting changes from the past few years. The search covered district formation and basic statistics but returned no concrete updates a parent could act on, so that gap is named here rather than filled with speculation.
For a family weighing fit, Phippsburg Elementary offers a small-school setting in a quiet coastal community with strong math and reading results and full assessment participation. Science results are softer and worth asking the school about directly. The commute to regional secondary schools in Bath is a structural fact of life here, and the housing market runs above state and national levels. The absence of trend data, staffing information, and civil rights reporting means a parent would need to go to the school or district for a fuller picture on those dimensions.
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