Veazie Community School

Located at 1040 School Street, in Veazie, Maine, Veazie Community School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that works with 167 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Veazie Public Schools. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Veazie Community School sits 27% below that benchmark.

Veazie Community School sits inside Veazie Public Schools, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Veazie Community School logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Veazie Community School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Veazie Community School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Penobscot County put median household income runs about $66,356, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Penobscot County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students), of which Veazie Community School is one.

The closest other public school is Eddington School, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 22%: 137 students in 2018 compared to 167 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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