Mt View Elementary School

Mt View Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school in Thorndike, Maine, overseen by RSU 03/MSAD 03. The school instructs 273 students in grades pre-K through 5.

RSU 03/MSAD 03 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 983 students. Mt View Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Mt View Elementary School reports that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Waldo County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Mt View Elementary School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Waldo County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,782, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Waldo County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students), of which Mt View Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mt View High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Mt View Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 247 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Mt View Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.