Leroy H Smith School

Located at 319 South Main Street, in Winterport, Maine, Leroy H Smith School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 260 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by RSU 22.

Leroy H Smith School is one of 7 schools operated by RSU 22, a district that educates 2,169 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Leroy H Smith School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 45% of students at Leroy H Smith School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Waldo County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, Waldo County reports that median household income runs about $72,782, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Waldo County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students), of which Leroy H Smith School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Samuel L Wagner Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Leroy H Smith School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leroy H Smith School has decreased 14%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 260 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Leroy H Smith School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.