Academy Hill School

Academy Hill School is a modestly sized K-5 school in Wilton, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 09. The school works with 178 students in grades 2 through 5. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

RSU 09 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,276 students. Academy Hill School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Academy Hill School records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Academy Hill School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Academy Hill School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,675 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,162 students), of which Academy Hill School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gerald D Cushing School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Academy Hill School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 191 (now 178). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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