Ralph M Atwood Primary School

Set in Oakland, Maine, Ralph M Atwood Primary School is a compact primary school, operated by RSU 18. It enrolls 194 students across grades pre-K through 2.

RSU 18 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,554 students; Ralph M Atwood Primary School is among them.

On demographics, Ralph M Atwood Primary School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Ralph M Atwood Primary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at Ralph M Atwood Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kennebec County put the typical household earns roughly $69,077 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ralph M Atwood Primary School is one of 53 public schools in Kennebec County (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students).

The closest other public school is Williams Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 194 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window.

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