Dimensions Academy

Dimensions Academy is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Cornville, Maine, part of Community Regional Charter School, with 177 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Community Regional Charter School runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 385 students. Dimensions Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dimensions Academy logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dimensions Academy has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Dimensions Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Somerset County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,044 students), of which Dimensions Academy is one.

Athens Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. Dimensions Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 177 in 2025.

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