Bristol Consolidated School

Bristol Consolidated School is a K-5 school of cozy scale in Pemaquid, Maine, one of the schools within Bristol Public Schools, teacheing 189 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, Bristol Consolidated School answers to Bristol Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Bristol Consolidated School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Bristol Consolidated School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lincoln County shows median household income runs about $76,875, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bristol Consolidated School is one of 18 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 3,450 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Bristol Elementary School, around 3.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Bristol Consolidated School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 182 students in 2018 compared to 189 in 2025.

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