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Mt Blue High School
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MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State Expectations7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mt Blue High School
Located at 129 Seamon Rd, in Farmington, Maine, Mt Blue High School is an expansive four-year high school that caters to 720 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within RSU 09. Compared to the state average of about 448 students per school, that is 61% above typical.
RSU 09 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,276 students. Mt Blue High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt Blue High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, Mt Blue High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Mt Blue High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Mt Blue High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,675 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Mt Blue High School is one of 17 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 4,162 students).
Nearest neighbor: W G Mallett School, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mt Blue High School.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Blue High School has edged up 7%, going from 675 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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