Suzanne M Smith Elementary School

Suzanne M Smith Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Levant, Maine, run under RSU 87/MSAD 23. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

RSU 87/MSAD 23 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 584 students. Suzanne M Smith Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Suzanne M Smith Elementary School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Penobscot County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Suzanne M Smith Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Suzanne M Smith Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Penobscot County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,356 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Penobscot County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students), Suzanne M Smith Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Caravel Middle School, around 1.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Suzanne M Smith Elementary School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 222). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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