The Community School of Mount Desert Island
Private · Grades K–8 · 39 students
The Community School
585 Sound Dr, Mt. Desert, ME 04660
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
39
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
4.6 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Private School
Hancock County
About The Community School
The Community School is a private elementary school in Mt. Desert, Maine, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a remote rural area in Hancock County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 39 students were enrolled, with about 4.6 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Maine elementary school (10.4 students per teacher).
Grades
PKK123456789101112
Highlighted: grades offeredGrades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Private School · What this means
- Category
- Alternative
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 39 students
- Students per teacher
- 4.6 to 1
- Locale
- Rural — Remote
- County
- Hancock County
- NCES private school ID
- A2101907
Schools near The Community School
All 1 schools in Mt. Desert →
Mt Desert Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–8 · 161 students
Conners-Emerson School
Public · Grades K–8 · 346 students
Pemetic Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–8 · 127 students
Trenton Elementary School
Public · Grades Pre-K–8 · 120 students
Lamoine Consolidated School
Public · Grades K–8 · 137 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.