Helen Thompson School
West Gardiner, ME · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Helen Thompson School is a elementary school in West Gardiner, ME with 253 students enrolled and a 63% proficiency rate. Part of Rsu 11/Msad 11. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Helen Thompson School is a elementary school located in West Gardiner, Maine. The school serves 253 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 63% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Helen Thompson School is part of the Rsu 11/Msad 11 in Maine.
How This School Compares
Helen Thompson School has 253 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Rsu 11/Msad 11 (325 students). Its 63% proficiency rate is 13 percentage points above the district average of 50%. Compared to the Maine state average of 54%, the school performs 9 points higher. With a 13.3:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Helen Thompson School has 253 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 63% of students at Helen Thompson School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Helen Thompson School is part of the Rsu 11/Msad 11 in West Gardiner, Maine. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.