Wayne Elementary School

As a micro-enrollment K-5 school in Wayne, Maine, Wayne Elementary School serves 59 students from grades K through 5, operated by RSU 38. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 229.

Wayne Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by RSU 38, a district that teaches 1,160 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wayne Elementary School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Kennebec County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kennebec County put the typical household earns roughly $69,077 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wayne Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Kennebec County (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students).

Fayette Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wayne Elementary School.

Wayne Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 59 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 100% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 in 2025.

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