Marshwood Great Works School

Marshwood Great Works School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in South Berwick, Maine, part of RSU 35/MSAD 35, enrolls 287 students, covering grades 4 through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Within RSU 35/MSAD 35, which oversees 5 schools and 2,120 students, Marshwood Great Works School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Marshwood Great Works School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with York County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Marshwood Great Works School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against York County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (York County) shows that median household income runs about $88,333, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Marshwood Great Works School is one of 61 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marshwood Great Works School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 285 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025.

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