Charlotte Elementary School

Charlotte Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary campus in Charlotte, Maine, operated by Charlotte Public Schools. The school enrolls 13 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 94% leaner than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Charlotte Public Schools is the operating authority for Charlotte Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Charlotte Elementary School logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.3:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $56,024, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,703 students), Charlotte Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Pembroke Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Charlotte Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count decreased 67%: 39 students in 2018 compared to 13 in 2024. The White share of enrollment grew from 85% to 100% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 today.

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