Ecology Learning Ctr

Ecology Learning Ctr, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Unity, Maine, overseen by Ecology Learning Center, enrolls 120 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 448 students.

Ecology Learning Ctr is a school of Ecology Learning Center, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Ecology Learning Ctr lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Waldo County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Waldo County shows median household income runs about $72,782, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Ecology Learning Ctr is one of 27 public schools in Waldo County (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students).

Nearest neighbor: Unity Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ecology Learning Ctr.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. Ecology Learning Ctr is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.