Gladys Weymouth Elem School

Gladys Weymouth Elem School is a minimally staffed primary school in Morrill, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 71. The school teaches 79 students in grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 66% smaller than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

RSU 71 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,396 students; Gladys Weymouth Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Gladys Weymouth Elem School reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Waldo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Gladys Weymouth Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Waldo County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,782, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waldo County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students), Gladys Weymouth Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Ames Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 28%: 109 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 3% to 8%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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