Elementary · Maine
Alton Elementary School
Free meals for allAlton Elementary School, a public elementary school in Alton, Maine: grades pre-k–2, 40 students, 8.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 34.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 40
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.9
- Students per teacher
- 8.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 208 · 348 schools compared
Smaller than 98% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- RSU 34
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 34.
Location
- Address
- 22 Argyle Rd, Alton, ME 04468
- Phone
- (207)394-2331
- County
- Penobscot County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–8 | 131 | 7.8 | |
Dr Lewis S Libby SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 273 | 9.8 |
Old Town Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 488 | 10.2 |
| Pre-K–8 | 381 | 13.6 | |
Asa C Adams SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 336 | 12.0 |
Central Community Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 488 | 12.1 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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