Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch

Located at 1025 Van Buren Road, in Caswell, Maine, Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch is an one-room-style K-5 school that instructs 45 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Caswell Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 80% smaller than typical.

Caswell Public Schools is the operating authority for Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Aroostook County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Aroostook County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Aroostook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,700 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Aroostook County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students), Dawn F Barnes Elementary Sch is one campus in the mix.

ME Sch of Science & Mathematics is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 41 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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