Prescott Memorial School

Prescott Memorial School, a close-knit elementary campus in Washington, Maine, run under RSU 40/MSAD 40, hosts 107 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Prescott Memorial School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

RSU 40/MSAD 40 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,761 students. Prescott Memorial School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Prescott Memorial School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Prescott Memorial School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Knox County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,096 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Knox County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,217 students), of which Prescott Memorial School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Somerville Elementary School, around 4.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Prescott Memorial School's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 101 (now 107). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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