Pine Street Elementary School

Set in Presque Isle, Maine, Pine Street Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, run under RSU 79/MSAD 01. It caters to 325 students across grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in RSU 79/MSAD 01 (1,670 students total), Pine Street Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pine Street Elementary School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Pine Street Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Aroostook County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Aroostook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,700 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Pine Street Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Aroostook County (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students).

Presque Isle High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pine Street Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.