Carmel Elementary School

Carmel Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Carmel, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 87/MSAD 23. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Within RSU 87/MSAD 23, which oversees 3 schools and 584 students, Carmel Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Carmel Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%).

On the resource side, On paper, Carmel Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Penobscot County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Penobscot County put median household earnings sit near $66,356, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Penobscot County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students), of which Carmel Elementary School is one.

Caravel Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Carmel Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 199 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Carmel Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.