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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls, Mechanic Falls, ME

Elm Street School-Mechanic Falls is a public elementary school in Mechanic Falls, part of RSU 16. It enrolled 241 students in 2024-25, with 10.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
241
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Students per teacher
10.0
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.7 lower than the district figure of 11.7. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.0
District11.7
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
129 Elm Street, Mechanic Falls, ME 04256
Phone
(207)345-3381
District
RSU 16
County
Androscoggin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
231477500218
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
133
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
14861.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
112Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in RSU 16

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.