Waterville Junior High School

As a moderately sized junior high in Waterville, Maine, Waterville Junior High School caters to 325 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Waterville Public Schools.

Waterville Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,623 students; Waterville Junior High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Waterville Junior High School reports that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Kennebec County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Waterville Junior High School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kennebec County's rate of about 45%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kennebec County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,077 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Kennebec County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), Waterville Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Waterville Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Waterville Junior High School.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waterville Junior High School has fell 19%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 325 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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