Saco Middle School

Saco Middle School is a roomy 6-8 campus in Saco, Maine, one of the schools within Saco Public Schools. The school hosts 586 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 364 students.

Within Saco Public Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 1,942 students, Saco Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Saco Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for York County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, York County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students), of which Saco Middle School is one.

Young School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Saco Middle School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saco Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 573 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 92% to 80%.

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