Fairfield Primary School

Federal records list Fairfield Primary School as an elementary school in Fairfield, Maine. Students in pre-K through kindergarten attend the school, which enrolls 111 students. The average among elementary schools in Maine is roughly 229 students; this school is 52% smaller than that.

Besides Fairfield Primary School, RSU 49/MSAD 49 runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 1,871 students.

Fairfield Primary School's enrollment is 86% White. Next come 6% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. The county population is about 95% White. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The ratio of students to teachers is 10.9:1, with 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 10.5:1 average for elementary schools in Maine fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fairfield Primary School is 70%.

Fairfield Primary School is located in Somerset County, where the median household income is $58,179, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Fairfield Primary School, Somerset County has 33 other public schools.

Of nearby public schools, Lawrence High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Fairfield Primary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment has fallen by 30 students since 2017-18, to 111. Among racial and ethnic groups, the biggest change was White students, from 91% to 86%. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.8:1, from 14.5:1.

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