Gerald D Cushing School

Set in Wilton, Maine, Gerald D Cushing School is a cozy elementary-level community, overseen by RSU 09. It teaches 101 students across grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Within RSU 09, which oversees 7 schools and 2,276 students, Gerald D Cushing School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Gerald D Cushing School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,675 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,162 students), of which Gerald D Cushing School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Academy Hill School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 124 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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