Spruce Mountain Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in Jay, Maine, Spruce Mountain Elementary School caters to 306 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by RSU 73. Enrollment runs roughly 34% larger than the state mean of about 229.

Within RSU 73, which oversees 4 schools and 1,369 students, Spruce Mountain Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Spruce Mountain Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest reads as 3% 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 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Franklin County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,675 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,162 students), of which Spruce Mountain Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Spruce Mountain Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spruce Mountain Elementary School has edged down 7%, going from 330 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.