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Shepherds River Mennonite School

251 Old County Road, Brownfield, ME 04010Open, per Google (checked Sep 29, 2026)

1-10 grades
30 students
7.9 students per teacher

Shepherds River Mennonite School is a Mennonite private school in Brownfield, ME teaching grades 1-10. It reported 30 students and about 7.9 students for every teacher in the 2023-24 federal survey.

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The Maine Department of Education publishes two PDFs of private elementary and secondary schools approved to receive public tuition, covering 2020-21 through 2025-26 and dated January 23, 2026. Schools are approved each year. Schools marked with the badge here have a 2025-26 public tuition rate on those lists; we match by school name and town, or by a name that appears only once in the state. Official Town tuitioning source.

School facts

Grades
1-10
Students
30
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
7.9
Student body
Coeducational
Program
Regular
Affiliation
Mennonite
Setting
Rural

These are the numbers the school gave the U.S. Department of Education for the 2023-24 school year, published in July 2026. The survey counts students in kindergarten to grade 12, not pre-K. Enrollment and staffing move every year, so ask the school for today’s figures. Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

Shepherds River Mennonite School tuition, and what Town tuitioning pays

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Tuition paid by your school district, up to a state formula For 2025-26 the state average tuition rates were $13,077.51 (elementary) and $15,055.22 (secondary). Payments to private elementary schools may not exceed the statewide average; secondary rates add an allowance for building costs. The 2026-27 rates are due in December 2026.

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