Van Buren Elementary School

Van Buren Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Van Buren, Maine, one of the schools within RSU 88/MSAD 24, with 204 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Van Buren Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by RSU 88/MSAD 24, a district that serves 262 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Van Buren Elementary School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Van Buren Elementary School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Aroostook County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Aroostook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,700 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Van Buren Elementary School is one of 42 public schools in Aroostook County (combined enrollment of about 8,529 students).

The closest other public school is Van Buren District Secondary Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.