Park Avenue Elementary School

Park Avenue Elementary School is an elementary-level community of substantial scale in Auburn, Maine, run under Auburn Public Schools, instructing 390 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Park Avenue Elementary School sits 70% above that benchmark.

Park Avenue Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Auburn Public Schools, a district that enrolls 3,241 students overall.

On demographics, Park Avenue Elementary School records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Androscoggin County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Androscoggin County's rate of about 52%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Androscoggin County shows median household income runs about $67,873, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Androscoggin County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students), of which Park Avenue Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Auburn Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 386 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 68% to 42%.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.