Brownfield Denmark Elementary School

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Denmark, Maine, Brownfield Denmark Elementary School teaches 77 students from grades K through 4, part of RSU 72/MSAD 72. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

RSU 72/MSAD 72 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 694 students; Brownfield Denmark Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Brownfield Denmark Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, census data for Oxford County shows median household income runs about $60,173, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Oxford County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,913 students), of which Brownfield Denmark Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Molly Ockett School, around 6.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Brownfield Denmark Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brownfield Denmark Elementary School has decreased 5%, going from 81 students in 2018 to 77 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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