Robert V. Connors Elementary School

Robert V. Connors Elementary School is one of the substantial elementary schools in Lewiston, Maine, run under Lewiston Public Schools, with 737 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Robert V. Connors Elementary School sits 222% larger than that benchmark.

Within Lewiston Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 5,312 students, Robert V. Connors Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Robert V. Connors Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the resource side, Robert V. Connors Elementary School reports 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Androscoggin County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Androscoggin County shows median household income runs about $67,873, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Androscoggin County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students), Robert V. Connors Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lewiston High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robert V. Connors Elementary School.

The school occupies a city-core site.

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