Long Island Elementary School

Long Island Elementary School is a K-5 school of very small scale in Long Island, Maine, run under Long Island Public Schools, enrolling 8 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 97% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Long Island Elementary School answers to Long Island Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Long Island Elementary School reports that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Long Island Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,677, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Long Island Elementary School is one of 99 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students).

The closest other public school is Peaks Island School, roughly 2.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Long Island Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 17 (now 8). White enrollment moved from 94% to 100% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 3.6:1 today.

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