So Aroostook School

So Aroostook School operates as a sprawling K-12 campus in Dyer Brook, Maine, operated by RSU 50. Current enrollment sits at 340 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 165 students per school, that is 106% above typical.

Operationally, So Aroostook School answers to RSU 50, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, So Aroostook School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest breaks down as 3% Native American, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Aroostook County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Aroostook County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Aroostook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,700 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Aroostook County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students), of which So Aroostook School is one.

Hodgdon Middle/High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 15.5 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 335 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025.

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