Jonesport-Beals High School

Jonesport-Beals High School operates as a micro-enrollment senior high in Jonesport, Maine, run under Moosabec CSD. Current enrollment sits at 59 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 448 students.

Moosabec CSD is the operating authority for Jonesport-Beals High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Jonesport-Beals High School reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Jonesport-Beals High School shows 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Washington County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,024 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Washington County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,703 students), of which Jonesport-Beals High School is one.

Jonesport Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Jonesport-Beals High School's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 59). White enrollment moved from 92% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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