Patricia A Duran School

Patricia A Duran School, a heavily attended K-5 school in Hermon, Maine, run under Hermon Public Schools, educates 459 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 100% bigger than the state mean of about 229.

Patricia A Duran School is one of 3 schools operated by Hermon Public Schools, a district that educates 1,345 students overall.

Demographically, Patricia A Duran School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Penobscot County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Patricia A Duran School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Patricia A Duran School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Penobscot County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Penobscot County put the typical household earns roughly $66,356 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Patricia A Duran School is one of 69 public schools in Penobscot County (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students).

Hermon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patricia A Duran School has increased 5%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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