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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

James H Bean School, Sidney, ME

James H Bean School is a public elementary school in Sidney, part of RSU 18. It enrolled 300 students in 2024-25, with 14.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
300
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 14.0. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.3
District14.0
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
2896 Middle Road, Sidney, ME 04330
Phone
(207)547-3395
District
RSU 18
County
Kennebec County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
231477900702
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
80
Reduced-price lunch
17
Free or reduced-price lunch
9732.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
64Students 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 18

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.