Central Community Elementary School

Central Community Elementary School operates as a large elementary school in Corinth, Maine, operated by RSU 64/MSAD 64. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Central Community Elementary School sits 113% larger than that benchmark.

Within RSU 64/MSAD 64, which oversees 3 schools and 1,021 students, Central Community Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Central Community Elementary School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Central Community Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Central Community Elementary School qualify 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 above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Penobscot County shows median household earnings sit near $66,356, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Central Community Elementary School is one of 69 public schools in Penobscot County (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Central Community Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 488). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.