Oceanside Middle School

Oceanside Middle School is an intimate intermediate school in Thomaston, Maine, run under RSU 13. The school serves 307 students in grades 6 through 8.

RSU 13 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,508 students. Oceanside Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Oceanside Middle School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Knox County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Oceanside Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Knox County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for Knox County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,096 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Oceanside Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 4,217 students).

Thomaston Grammar School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 307 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.