Mid Coast Today

Sagadahoc County schools welcomed 4,595 students in the 2022-23 school year, slightly less than the previous year, according to the Maine Department of Education.

Sagadahoc County had the seventh least enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, 51.2% 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 91.9% of the Sagadahoc County student body.

Within the county, Mt. Ararat High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 694 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
Bath Middle School	321	322	0.3%
Bowdoin Central School	223	209	-6.3%
Bowdoinham Community School	189	193	2.1%
Dike-Newell School	251	266	6%
Fisher-Mitchell School	192	172	-10.4%
Georgetown Central School	46	54	17.4%
Marcia Buker School	200	204	2%
Morse High School	590	609	3.2%
Mt. Ararat High School	710	694	-2.3%
Mt. Ararat Middle School	562	563	0.2%
Phippsburg Elementary School	98	107	9.2%
Richmond High School	140	122	-12.9%
Richmond Middle School	92	108	17.4%
West Bath School	97	101	4.1%
Williams-Cone School	264	253	-4.2%
Woodside Elementary School	315	320	1.6%
Woolwich Central School	306	298	-2.6%