Mill Pond School

Mill Pond School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in Hodgdon, Maine, part of RSU 70/MSAD 70, with 289 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 229.

Within RSU 70/MSAD 70, which oversees 2 schools and 500 students, Mill Pond School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mill Pond School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Mill Pond School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Aroostook County's rate of about 57%.

In the area at large, census data for Aroostook County shows median household income runs about $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%. In all, Aroostook County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students), of which Mill Pond School is one.

The closest other public school is Hodgdon Middle/High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mill Pond School.

Mill Pond School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mill Pond School's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 289).

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