Mt Desert Elementary School

Mt Desert Elementary School, a close-knit elementary campus in Northeast Harbor, Maine, operated by Mount Desert Public Schools, enrolls 161 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Mt Desert Elementary School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Mount Desert Public Schools is the operating authority for Mt Desert Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Mt Desert Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Mt Desert Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.3:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Mt Desert Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Hancock County's rate of about 46%.

In the broader community, census data for Hancock County shows median household income runs about $72,744, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hancock County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students), of which Mt Desert Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Pemetic Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Desert Elementary School has fell 11%, going from 180 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the Mt Desert Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.