River Valley Today

Somerset County schools welcomed 6,400 students in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to the Maine Department of Education.

Somerset County had the eighth most enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, 51.3% of the students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year were boys, and 48.7% were girls, and less than 0.1% did not specify their gender or identify with either category.

Most of the students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year were white, representing 93.9% of the Somerset County student body.

Within the county, Skowhegan Area High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 703 students.

While Maine's public school enrollment has slightly rebounded from the sharp drop during the 2020-21 school year, it remains about 4% below pre-pandemic levels. The decline is partly due to an increase in homeschooling and more students completing high school early through college courses and adult education.

"Adult education enrollment is up, providing high school completion and job training programs to meet individual needs," said a spokesman for the Maine Department of Education in an interview with Maine Public. Additionally, some pandemic-related factors persist, with "some parents choosing not to enroll younger children in school and older students who took on jobs to support their families during the pandemic and who are still counted on to provide that support."

As of 2024, the average student-to-teacher ratio in public schools in Maine is 11:1, much lower than the national average of one teacher for every 15 students.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Athens Community School	102	117	14.7%
Bloomfield Elementary School	263	273	3.8%
Canaan Elementary School	195	184	-5.6%
Carrabec Community School	233	230	-1.3%
Carrabec High School	176	168	-4.5%
Creative Childrens Academy	26	33	26.9%
Dimensions Academy	131	138	5.3%
Fairfield Primary School	111	109	-1.8%
Forest Hills Consolidated School	135	157	16.3%
Garret Schenck School	94	93	-1.1%
Harmony Elementary School	55	60	9.1%
Lawrence High School	580	558	-3.8%
Lawrence Junior High School	304	291	-4.3%
Madison Area Memorial High School	181	174	-3.9%
Madison Elementary School	228	236	3.5%
Madison Junior High School	149	154	3.4%
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences	160	153	-4.4%
Manson Park School	91	95	4.4%
Margaret Chase Smith School - Skowhegan	157	175	11.5%
Mill Stream Elementary School	327	348	6.4%
Moscow Elementary School	58	62	6.9%
North Elementary School	156	141	-9.6%
Overman Academy	154	171	11%
Skowhegan Area High School	696	703	1%
Skowhegan Area Middle School	438	402	-8.2%
Solon Elementary School	69	77	11.6%
Somerset Elementary School	219	247	12.8%
Upper Kennebec Valley Middle/Senior High School	124	121	-2.4%
Vickery School	218	228	4.6%
Warsaw Middle School	259	262	1.2%
Maine Central Institute	265	240	-9.4%