Calais Middle/High School

Calais Middle/High School operates as a low-enrollment senior high in Calais, Maine, overseen by Calais Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 289 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 448 students per school, that is 35% leaner than typical.

Calais Public Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 539 students. Calais Middle/High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Calais Middle/High School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Native American, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Calais Middle/High School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $56,024 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Washington County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,703 students), Calais Middle/High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Calais Elementary School, around 2.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calais Middle/High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 282 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 83% to 74%.

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