Mt Desert Island High School

Mt Desert Island High School is a secondary school of reasonably sized scale in Bar Harbor, Maine, part of Mt Desert CSD, serveing 453 students in grades 9 through 12.

Mt Desert CSD is the operating authority for Mt Desert Island High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Mt Desert Island High School logs that nearly all students (87%) are White; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Mt Desert Island High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Mt Desert Island High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hancock County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hancock County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,744 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hancock County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students), Mt Desert Island High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Conners-Emerson School, around 4.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Mt Desert Island High School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Desert Island High School has contracted 16%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 93% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.