Brewer High School

Brewer High School, an expansive senior high in Brewer, Maine, overseen by Brewer Public Schools, teaches 690 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 54% larger than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 448 students.

Brewer Public Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,490 students. Brewer High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Brewer High School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Brewer High School logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Penobscot County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Penobscot County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,356 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Brewer High School is one of 69 public schools in Penobscot County (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students).

Brewer Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 689 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 88% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Brewer High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.