Warren Community School

Warren Community School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Warren, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 40/MSAD 40, teaches 286 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 229.

Across the 7 schools in RSU 40/MSAD 40 (1,761 students total), Warren Community School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Warren Community School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Knox County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Warren Community School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Knox County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Knox County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,096 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Knox County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,217 students), of which Warren Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Medomak Valley High School, around 3.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Warren Community School's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 286). Over the same period, the White share declined from 96% to 90%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.