Raymond Elementary School
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Test scores
MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Raymond Elementary School
Raymond Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Raymond, Maine, part of RSU 14, with 275 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 20% above typical.
Raymond Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by RSU 14, a district that hosts 3,050 students overall.
On demographics, Raymond Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Cumberland County's rate of about 34%.
Around the school, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $95,677, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Cumberland County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), of which Raymond Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Jordan-Small Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Raymond Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 219 (now 275). Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.
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