Auburn
Lewiston Held Its Enrollment Steady While Auburn, Across the River, Lost Seven Straight Years
From 2018 through 2024, Auburn lost students every single year. Not one year of reprieve. The district fell from 3,639 to 3,179, shedding 460 students, a 12.6% decline, over seven consecutive years. A...
One in Three Maine Districts at Record-Low Enrollment
Portland Public Schools lost 253 students this year. That is not what makes the number notable. What makes it notable is where the loss left the district: at 6,302 students, Portland is at its lowest ...
78% of Maine Districts Never Recovered From COVID
In the spring of 2023, Maine's public school enrollment ticked up for the second consecutive year. The COVID shock appeared to be fading. Districts that had lost hundreds of students were cautiously o...
Maine Lost More Students This Year Than Any Since COVID
South Portland is preparing to cut nearly 80 positions, 42 of them teachers, and close an elementary school. Portland proposed eliminating 20 jobs from a $180 million budget. Lewiston is making staffi...
Lewiston Is Growing While Maine Shrinks
Across the river from Auburn, which has lost 331 students since 2017, Lewiston is doing something almost no district in Maine can claim. It is growing. Three consecutive years of enrollment gains, fro...