Phippsburg Elementary School

Phippsburg Elementary School, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Phippsburg, Maine, run under RSU 01 - LKRSU, caters to 98 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Phippsburg Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by RSU 01 - LKRSU, a district that educates 1,788 students overall.

On demographics, Phippsburg Elementary School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Sagadahoc County shows median household income runs about $87,806, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sagadahoc County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,971 students), of which Phippsburg Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Georgetown Central School, roughly 3.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Phippsburg Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 94 students in 2018 compared to 98 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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