Indian Island School

Indian Island School serves students in Indian Island, Maine, as a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 81 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 229-student average for elementary schools in Maine, enrollment here is 65% lower.

In federal data, the district for Indian Island School is the school itself.

At Indian Island School, Native American students make up 100% of the student body. The chance that two students picked at random at Indian Island School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 0%.

The school employs the equivalent of 17 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 4.8:1. Among elementary schools in Maine, the typical ratio is 10.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%. That is higher than the 48% average for public schools in Penobscot County.

Within Penobscot County, median household income is about $66,356, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 69 public schools in Penobscot County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,646.

Dr Lewis S Libby School is located about 0.6 miles from Indian Island School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, Indian Island School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Indian Island School saw enrollment fall 19% between 2017-18 and 2024-25.

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