Rumford Elementary

Located at 121 Lincoln Avenue, in Rumford, Maine, Rumford Elementary is a mid-sized elementary-level community that enrolls 213 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by RSU 10.

Within RSU 10, which oversees 6 schools and 1,739 students, Rumford Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Rumford Elementary shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oxford County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oxford County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,173 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Oxford County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,913 students), of which Rumford Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mountain Valley High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Rumford Elementary.

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

Five-year trend. Rumford Elementary's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 213). White enrollment moved from 93% to 85% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Rumford Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.