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Lawrence Jr High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
7 School Street
Fairfield, ME 04937
Phone
(207) 453-4200
District
RSU 49/MSAD 49
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
300
Classroom Teachers
27

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

1

(10 is best)

Better than 7.9% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Lawrence Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
43%
54%
53%
65%
33%
43%
43%
54%
53%
65%
33%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
12
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 129 43.0%
Grade 8 171 57.0%
Total 300 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.6% 95.5% 89.5%
Black 0.7% 0.8% 4.6%
Hispanic 1.7% 2.8% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.5% 1.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 38.0% 40.9% 36.3%
Free lunch eligible 32.7% 35.3% 31.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.3% 5.7% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,936 1,395,722
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 90.6 45
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.4% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.2% 29.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 34.3% 27.9%
65 OR OLDER 18.5% 21.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,416 589,085
Single Parent Households With Children 6.4% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.5% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.5% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.3% 16.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.7% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.9% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.1% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 7.7% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,842 $16,755,000 48.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,251 $2,371,000 6.8%
Staff $719 $1,362,000 3.9%
General Administration $402 $762,000 2.2%
School Administration $813 $1,540,000 4.4%
Operation $2,851 $5,403,000 15.6%
Transportation $808 $1,532,000 4.4%
Other $280 $531,000 1.5%
Total Support $7,125 $13,501,000 38.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,328 $4,411,000 12.7%
Total Expenditures $18,294 $34,667,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,878 $1,719,893,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,292 $225,026,000 6.4%
Staff $1,010 $175,940,000 5.0%
General Administration $623 $108,487,000 3.1%
School Administration $933 $162,369,000 4.6%
Operation $2,119 $368,955,000 10.4%
Transportation $758 $131,925,000 3.7%
Other $247 $43,075,000 1.2%
Total Support $6,983 $1,215,777,000 34.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,462 $602,867,000 17.0%
Total Expenditures $20,323 $3,538,537,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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