Bruce M Whittier Middle School

Bruce M Whittier Middle School operates as an intimate middle school in Poland, Maine, run under RSU 16. Current enrollment sits at 272 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 364 students.

Within RSU 16, which oversees 5 schools and 1,671 students, Bruce M Whittier Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bruce M Whittier Middle School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Androscoggin County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Androscoggin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,873 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Bruce M Whittier Middle School is one of 36 public schools in Androscoggin County (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students).

Nearest neighbor: Poland Regional H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bruce M Whittier Middle School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 272 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.