Clinton Elementary School

Clinton Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Clinton, Maine, run under RSU 49/MSAD 49, hosts 252 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Clinton Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by RSU 49/MSAD 49, a district that enrolls 1,871 students overall.

On demographics, Clinton Elementary School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kennebec County shows median household earnings sit near $69,077, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Kennebec County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), of which Clinton Elementary School is one.

Benton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clinton Elementary School has climbed 6%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 252 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 99% to 81%.

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