Burchard A Dunn School

Set in New Gloucester, Maine, Burchard A Dunn School is a sprawling elementary-level community, operated by RSU 15/MSAD 15. It caters to 350 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Burchard A Dunn School sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

Burchard A Dunn School is one of 5 schools operated by RSU 15/MSAD 15, a district that works with 1,825 students overall.

Demographically, Burchard A Dunn School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Burchard A Dunn School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. Around 38% 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 Cumberland County shows median household earnings sit near $95,677, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Cumberland County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), Burchard A Dunn School is one campus in the mix.

Pownal Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Burchard A Dunn School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Burchard A Dunn School's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 350). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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