Russell School

Russell School is a medium-sized elementary school in Gray, Maine, under RSU 15/MSAD 15. The school reports 211 students in kindergarten through 2.

RSU 15/MSAD 15 has a total of 5 schools and 1,825 students, Russell School among them.

Most students at Russell School are White: 88% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 4% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Cumberland County is about 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Russell School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1 at Russell School, with 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maine have a similar average ratio of 10.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 37%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is about the same, 34%.

Cumberland County has about 308,827 residents, and median household income is about $95,677, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 99 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,224.

Fiddlehead School of Arts & Science is located about 0.1 miles from Russell School. Russell School has 4 other public schools within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Russell School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Russell School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. White students made up 94% of enrollment in 2017-18 and 88% in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.9 to 11.2 over 7 years.

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