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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
181:1
Student Diversity
Male
50.8%
Female
49.2%
White
91.9%
Two or more races
3.5%
Hispanic
2.4%
Native American
1.1%
Black
<1%
Asian or Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
AP Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Husson University39 Students
University of Maine34 Students
University of Southern Maine17 Students
Eastern Maine Community College13 Students
University of New England12 Students
University of Maine at Farmington11 Students
Boston University8 Students
Saint Joseph's College of Maine8 Students
Tufts University7 Students
Thomas College7 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Biology8 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies5 Students
Psychology4 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration4 Students
Elementary Education4 Students
Physical Therapy4 Students
Business3 Students
Zoology and Entomology3 Students
Counseling Psychology2 Students
Criminal Justice and Corrections2 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.338 Reviews
3.0Senior
4/8/2024
Penquis Valley has always fell behind in academics and sports. Being in such a small town its not great when everybody is consistently in everybody else's business. I have lived in Milo my whole life and spent all 8 years in Penquis and I would never want my future children to go here. So many of the kids here come from troubled homes and the teachers are too focused on getting every kid to graduate rather than everybody be intelligent and do what school was made for. The school is consistently understaffed and always are in need for new teachers. I would personally never like to teach here when I finish college.
4.0Alum
1/15/2020
Penquis Valley High School is a very small yet close-knit school, meaning everyone knows everyone. This can both be helpful or traumatic as a student depending on whether you make friends easily. The biggest positive for the school is the opportunities to get involved such as participating in sports, band, yearbook, key club, and student council. The biggest negative for the school is probably the lack of diversity.
2.0Senior
1/3/2020
Just overall with all my experiences that I have had at Penquis has been bad. They got new teachers in and half of them don't know what there actually doing or they don't care. The bullying is horrible and the administration does nothing about it even when a person tells them about it.
This is the best school ever. We get to have iPads. We get to have icecream and we get to switch classes. That is my favorite part we don't have to sit in one class room anymore we can get up and go to differnt rooms. But I don't like at luch we have to sit at sine seats in the cafeteria
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