Stratton Elementary School

Set in Stratton, Maine, Stratton Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus, one of the schools within Eustis Public Schools. It instructs 97 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Stratton Elementary School sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Stratton Elementary School answers to Eustis Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Stratton Elementary School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Stratton Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Stratton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Franklin County's rate of about 57%.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,675 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Franklin County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,162 students), Stratton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rangeley Lakes Regional School, roughly 15.9 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Stratton Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 97). Over the same period, the White share grew from 90% to 95%. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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