We are located just off Route 1, a short distance west of downtown Bath. We are part of Regional School Unit 1, the first new school district in 40 years. RSU 1 includes the towns of Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Woolwich, West Bath and the city of Bath.

West Bath School is a grade K-6 school of 125 students with a teacher-pupil ratio of 1 to 15 in most classrooms. A staff of 25 includes classroom teachers, special services and specialist teachers and support personnel.

Students, parents, educators, and community members of the West Bath School are working collaboratively to engage children in ways that develop a lifelong love of learning.  We hold high academic and social expectations for all students.

Our all day kindergarten program provides an active, learning rich environment for five year olds. K and first grade classroom teachers work collaboratively with our speech and language and occupational therapists and our special education teacher to provide a balanced research-based approach. This team uses frequent formative assessments to inform and adjust instruction to the evolving needs of our youngest students.

The Ready, Set, Go Kindergarten Connections Program offers once a month school based meetings for four year olds and their families.

Students may be taught in multi-grade or traditional classrooms. At times teachers go with or loop with their class from one grade to the next. Students receive weekly instruction in a foreign language, music, art, health, physical education and technology. Instrumental lessons and chorus are open to students in grades 4, 5 and 6.  

Staff members meet weekly in professional learning communities that promote teamwork, shared goals, open communication and data driven, research based practices. Our dedicated staff of professionals creates a nurturing, academically rigorous school experience for students.

Measures of academic achievement include the MEA’s, NWEA’s, the Diagnostic Reading Assessment and the Union 47 Writing Prompt. Data from these and numerous classroom based formative assessments are used to individualize and guide instruction. 

Teachers use the Sitton Spelling, EveryDay Math, and Six Trait Writing Programs to support literacy and math instruction.

Reading and Math Boost programs provide six to twelve weeks of focused small group or one on one instruction designed to accelerate literacy and/or numeric growth for students needing additional support to reach grade level expectations.

The West Bath Media Center offers a dynamic learning environment in which reading and research are promoted.

Members of the school’s Wellness Teams lead school-wide activities and practices that make the school environment an increasingly healthy, nutritionally rich, physically active environment. A salad bar is available with the hot lunch program three days a week, a once a week after school Tae Kwon Do class is offered to all students free of charge throughout the school year. Student led Take Time activates increase the amount of time students spend in vigorous physical activity daily.