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Bath Middle School

6 Old Brunswick Road, Bath, ME 04530 · (207) 443-8270 · Sagadahoc County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
Enrollment
317
Middle
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 364
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
150 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 69630%
Grade 711035%
Grade 811135%
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 28% · US 70%
White
27587%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 85% · US 43%
Hispanic
134%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 30%
Black
124%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
144%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16050%
Female
15750%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Bath Middle School→Morse High School
Feeds from
Fisher-Mitchell School03–05Phippsburg Elementary SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within RSU 01 - LKRSU. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State Expectations
English Language Arts
55.9%
ME avg 64.1%
Math
31.9%
ME avg 50.6%

What this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.

Source: MEA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Schools most like Bath Middle School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Bath Middle School this school31747.3%N/A
Oceanside Middle School
Thomaston
30752.1%N/A
Presque Isle Middle School
Presque Isle
35453.7%N/A
Lake Region Middle School
Naples
39053.1%N/A
Leonard Middle School
Old Town
27853.2%N/A
Bucksport Middle School
Bucksport
29254.1%N/A
Matched among Maine middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Bath Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Maine
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.9%#61 of 74
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
55.9%#68 of 80
Enrollment
ranked largest first
317#48 of 85
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.9:1#11 of 67
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.2%#25 of 67
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.3%#40 of 82
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-9.4%#31 of 51
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
317
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531731.99.9:147% (150)
2023-2433633.99.9:140% (136)
2022-2331732.99.6:137% (117)
2020-213333210.4:145% (149)
2017-1835031.811.0:147% (163)
2015-163293011.0:150% (165)
2010-113583011.9:143% (155)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bath Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 9% (350 to 317); teachers unchanged (31.8 to 31.9).

About Bath Middle School

Bath Middle School sits in Bath, Maine, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school enrolls 317 students in grades 6 through 8.

Bath Middle School is one school in RSU 01 - LKRSU, a system of 6 schools with 1,788 students.

White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. It is also 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Bath Middle School are from different groups.

For every teacher at Bath Middle School, there are about 9.9 students; the school has 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Maine is 11.2:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 150 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 47% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Sagadahoc County average 37%.

In Sagadahoc County, the median household earns about $87,806 a year, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Sagadahoc County has 21 public schools with about 4,971 students, including Bath Middle School.

Morse High School is about 0.4 miles from Bath Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools.

NCES assigns Bath Middle School the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 317, from 333 in 2020-21.

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Sagadahoc County at a glance

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Population
37,285
Census ACS
Median income
$87,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,971 students

Quick facts

School name
Bath Middle School
District
RSU 01 - LKRSU
Address
6 Old Brunswick Road, Bath, ME 04530
Phone
(207) 443-8270
County
Sagadahoc County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
317
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
9.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
150 (47%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
231477200062
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in RSU 01 - LKRSU
Other schools in Bath
Other Bath Middle schools

2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bath Middle. Bath Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Bath Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Bath Middle School?
Bath Middle School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bath Middle School serve?
Bath Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bath Middle School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Bath Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Bath Middle School?
Student demographics at Bath Middle School are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bath Middle School public or private?
Bath Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RSU 01 - LKRSU.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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