Lawrence Jr High School

Lawrence Jr High School is one of the close-knit 6-8 campuss in Fairfield, Maine, part of RSU 49/MSAD 49, with 276 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 364 students.

Within RSU 49/MSAD 49, which oversees 6 schools and 1,871 students, Lawrence Jr High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lawrence Jr High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic. Compared to Somerset County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Lawrence Jr High School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Somerset County reports that median household income runs about $58,179, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Somerset County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,044 students), Lawrence Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Lawrence High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lawrence Jr High School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lawrence Jr High School has declined 18%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025.

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