Eight Corners Elementary School

Located at 22 Mussey Road, in Scarborough, Maine, Eight Corners Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that hosts 241 students (grades K through 2), part of Scarborough Public Schools.

Within Scarborough Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,865 students, Eight Corners Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Eight Corners Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eight Corners Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 14% of students at Eight Corners Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $95,677, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Cumberland County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), Eight Corners Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Maine Connections Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eight Corners Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 224 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 22% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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