Chebeague Island School

Chebeague Island School is a very small elementary school in Chebeague Island, Maine, one of the schools within Chebeague Island Public Schools. The school works with 14 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 94% below the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Chebeague Island School is a school of Chebeague Island Public Schools, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Chebeague Island School records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Chebeague Island School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for Cumberland County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,677 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Chebeague Island School is one of 99 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students).

The closest other public school is Cliff Island School, roughly 2.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 46%: 26 students in 2018 compared to 14 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 4.4:1 in 2025.

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