Crooked River Elementary

Crooked River Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Casco, Maine, part of RSU 61/MSAD 61, with 195 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Crooked River Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by RSU 61/MSAD 61, a district that educates 1,627 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Crooked River Elementary lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 34%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate 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%. In all, Cumberland County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), of which Crooked River Elementary is one.

Songo Locks School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.