New Suncook School

New Suncook School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Lovell, Maine, overseen by RSU 72/MSAD 72, caters to 97 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 229.

Within RSU 72/MSAD 72, which oversees 3 schools and 694 students, New Suncook School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, New Suncook School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oxford County) shows that median household income runs about $60,173, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Oxford County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,913 students), New Suncook School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Molly Ockett School, around 7.6 miles off.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Suncook School has shrank 3%, going from 100 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.