Bonny Eagle Middle School

Set in Buxton, Maine, Bonny Eagle Middle School is a large junior high, operated by RSU 06/MSAD 06. It instructs 712 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 364 students each, so Bonny Eagle Middle School sits 96% bigger than that benchmark.

RSU 06/MSAD 06 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,295 students; Bonny Eagle Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Bonny Eagle Middle School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to York County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for York County shows median household income runs about $88,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across York County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students), Bonny Eagle Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bonny Eagle High School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Bonny Eagle Middle School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 853 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 94% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Bonny Eagle Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.