Jefferson Village School

Jefferson Village School is an average-sized K-5 school in Jefferson, Maine, overseen by Jefferson Public Schools. The school teaches 215 students in grades K through 8.

Jefferson Village School is a school of Jefferson Public Schools, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Jefferson Village School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jefferson Village School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Jefferson Village School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Lincoln County's rate of about 48%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) records that median household income runs about $76,875, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lincoln County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,450 students), of which Jefferson Village School is one.

The closest other public school is Prescott Memorial School, roughly 6.0 miles away. 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 small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 200 students in 2018 compared to 215 in 2025.

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