Enrollment
232
Middle
DISTRICT 123 · STATE 364
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RSU 03/MSAD 03·NCES 231152000474
Mt View Middle School
575 Mount View Road, Thorndike, ME 04986 · (207) 568-7561 · Waldo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
152 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mt View Middle School→Mt View High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within RSU 03/MSAD 03. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.3%
ME avg 64.1%
Math
37.7%
ME avg 50.6%
What this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.
Source: MEA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
232
-59 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.7:1
% White
93%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Mt View Middle School
Mt View Middle School is one of the close-knit intermediate schools in Thorndike, Maine, overseen by RSU 03/MSAD 03, with 232 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 364 students each, so Mt View Middle School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.
Mt View Middle School is one of 8 schools operated by RSU 03/MSAD 03, a district that educates 983 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt View Middle School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Waldo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Mt View Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Waldo County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Waldo County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students), of which Mt View Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Mt View Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025.
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Waldo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,192
Census ACS
Median income
$72,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
3,843 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RSU 03/MSAD 03
- Mt View Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Mt View High SchoolHigh · 271 students
- Morse Memorial SchoolElementary · 70 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 57 students
- Troy Central SchoolElementary · 42 students
- Walker Memorial SchoolElementary · 25 students
Other schools in Thorndike
- Mt View Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Mt View High SchoolHigh · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Mt View Elementary School0.0 mi · 273
- Mt View High School0.0 mi · 271
- Ecology Learning Ctr5.3 mi · 120
- Unity Elementary School5.4 mi · 13
- Morse Memorial School7.0 mi · 70
- Troy Central School7.8 mi · 42
Frequently asked questions
About Mt View Middle SchoolHow large is Mt View Middle School?
Mt View Middle School enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mt View Middle School serve?
Mt View Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Mt View Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Mt View Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt View Middle School?
At Mt View Middle School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt View Middle School?
Mt View Middle School is overseen by RSU 03/MSAD 03 in Waldo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.