Caribou Community School

In Caribou, Maine, Caribou Community School is a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 752 students in pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Maine enroll about 229 students on average.

Caribou Community School belongs to RSU 39, a district of 2 schools and 1,188 students.

At Caribou Community School, 85% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Native American. Census figures show Aroostook County is about 93% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Caribou Community School scores 27%.

There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Caribou Community School, which has 53.7. The school's 14.0:1 compares with an average of 10.5:1 for elementary schools in Maine. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Caribou Community School is about 53%.

Caribou Community School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Maine public elementary schools.

Aroostook County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,700 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Caribou Community School shares Aroostook County with 41 other public schools.

Caribou Community School is about 1.3 miles from Caribou High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within ten miles.

Locale data from NCES put Caribou Community School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).

Enrollment rose 9% over 4 years, reaching 752 in 2024-25. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.

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