Limestone Community School

Limestone Community School is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Limestone, Maine, one of the schools within Limestone Public Schools, with 138 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Limestone Community School sits 40% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Limestone Community School answers to Limestone Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Limestone Community School records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Aroostook County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Limestone Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Aroostook County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Aroostook County put median household earnings sit near $56,700, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Limestone Community School is one of 42 public schools in Aroostook County (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students).

The closest other public school is ME Sch of Science & Mathematics, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

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