Skowhegan Area High School

Skowhegan Area High School
Location
61 Academy Circle Skowhegan , Maine 04976 United States
Coordinates	44°45′02″N69°43′44″W / 44.7505°N 69.7288°W / 44.7505; -69.7288
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1814
Oversight	Maine School Administrative District 54
Superintendent	Jon Moody
Principal	Jason Bellerose
Teaching staff	51.80 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	702 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.55 [1]
Language	English
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Black, Orange, and White
Mascot	River Hawk
Team name	River Hawks [2]
Newspaper	River Hawk Review
Yearbook	Lever
Feeder schools	Skowhegan Area Middle School
Website	https://sahs.msad54.org/

Skowhegan Area High School is a public high school in Skowhegan, Maine, United States. ^[3] It is part of Maine School Administrative District 54 which includes the towns of Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville, and Norridgewock. ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Abner Coburn, 30th Governor of Maine (1863–64)
• Susan Clark (sailor)
• Brad Farrin, state legislator
• Robert Nutting (politician), state legislator
• Margaret Chase Smith, American politician, first woman to serve in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate

Notable faculty

• Marti Stevens (educator)
• Chandler Woodcock, state legislator

References

1. "Skowhegan Area High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
2. "After years of contention, Skowhegan-area schools have a new mascot: The River Hawks". October 9, 2020.
3. "RSU/MSAD 54". sahs.msad54.org.
4. "Municipalities in School Administrative Districts" (PDF). Maine.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2019.

44°45′02″N69°43′44″W / 44.7505°N 69.7288°W / 44.7505; -69.7288