Carrie Ricker School

As a cozy elementary campus in Litchfield, Maine, Carrie Ricker School instructs 174 students from grades 3 through 4, operated by RSU 04. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 229.

RSU 04 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,269 students. Carrie Ricker School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Carrie Ricker School shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Carrie Ricker School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kennebec County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,077, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Kennebec County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), Carrie Ricker School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Libby-Tozier School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrie Ricker School has shrank 46%, going from 325 students in 2018 to 174 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 97% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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