Shapleigh Memorial School

Shapleigh Memorial School, an intimate K-5 school in Shapleigh, Maine, run under RSU 57/MSAD 57, enrolls 153 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 229.

Shapleigh Memorial School is one of 7 schools operated by RSU 57/MSAD 57, a district that teaches 2,867 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Shapleigh Memorial School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial. Compared to York County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, York County reports that median household income runs about $88,333, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across York County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,364 students), Shapleigh Memorial School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Acton Elementary School, around 2.9 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 low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shapleigh Memorial School has stayed largely flat, going from 151 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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