Montello School

Montello School is a heavily attended elementary-level community in Lewiston, Maine, run under Lewiston Public Schools. The school caters to 675 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Montello School sits 195% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Lewiston Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 5,312 students, Montello School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Montello School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Montello School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Androscoggin County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Androscoggin County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,873, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montello School is one of 36 public schools in Androscoggin County (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students).

Farwell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montello School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Montello School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 728 (now 675). The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 27% over that span.

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