Lyman Elementary School

Set in Lyman, Maine, Lyman Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, part of RSU 57/MSAD 57. It enrolls 241 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in RSU 57/MSAD 57 (2,867 students total), Lyman Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Lyman Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with York County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Lyman Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (York County) logs that median household income runs about $88,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Lyman Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students).

The closest other public school is Dayton Consolidated School, roughly 4.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyman Elementary School has climbed 6%, going from 228 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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