Maranacook Community High Sch

Set in Readfield, Maine, Maranacook Community High Sch is a reasonably sized four-year high school, operated by RSU 38. It serves 385 students across grades 9 through 12.

RSU 38 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,160 students. Maranacook Community High Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Maranacook Community High Sch reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Maranacook Community High Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 33% of students at Maranacook Community High Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kennebec County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kennebec County put median household earnings sit near $69,077, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maranacook Community High Sch is one of 53 public schools in Kennebec County (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students).

The closest other public school is Maranacook Community Middle Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Maranacook Community High Sch.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Maranacook Community High Sch's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 385). Class-load math has widened: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Maranacook Community High Sch typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.