Washburn School

Washburn School is a mid-sized elementary school in Auburn, Maine, overseen by Auburn Public Schools. The school serves 219 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Auburn Public Schools comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,241 students; Washburn School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Washburn School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Washburn School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Washburn School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Androscoggin County's rate of about 52%.

Around the school, Androscoggin County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,873, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Androscoggin County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,588 students), Washburn School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edward Little High School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washburn School.

Washburn School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Washburn School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 219). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 75%.

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