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Troy A Howard Middle School, Belfast, ME

CEP schoolTroy A Howard Middle School is a public middle school in Belfast, part of RSU 71. It enrolled 330 students in 2024-25, with 11.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
330
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
11.0
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.0. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.0
District11.0
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
173 Lincolnville Avenue, Belfast, ME 04915
District
RSU 71
County
Waldo County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
231482200048
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
186
Reduced-price lunch
14
Free or reduced-price lunch
20060.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
130Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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.

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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.