Central School

Central School is a high-enrollment primary school in South Berwick, Maine, overseen by RSU 35/MSAD 35. The school teaches 402 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 76% bigger than the state mean of about 229.

Across the 5 schools in RSU 35/MSAD 35 (2,120 students total), Central School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Central School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to York County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Central School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below York County's rate of about 37%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (York County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,333 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, York County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students), of which Central School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Marshwood Great Works School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Central School's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 349 (now 402).

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