Penquis Valley Middle/High School

Penquis Valley Middle/High School operates as a small senior high in Milo, Maine, run under RSU 41/MSAD 41. Current enrollment sits at 349 students spanning grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 448.

Across the 3 schools in RSU 41/MSAD 41 (578 students total), Penquis Valley Middle/High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Penquis Valley Middle/High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder consists of 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at Penquis Valley Middle/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Piscataquis County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Piscataquis County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,345, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Penquis Valley Middle/High School is one of 8 public schools in Piscataquis County (combined enrollment of about 1,897 students).

The closest other public school is Milo Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Penquis Valley Middle/High School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 349). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.