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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
315
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

5

(10 is best)

Better than 46.9% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 8

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
83%
83%
85%
81%
81%
    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 7 167 53.0%
Grade 8 148 47.0%
Total 315 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.5% 96.0% 90.3%
Black 1.0% 0.6% 4.4%
Hispanic 1.6% 2.7% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 0.5% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.1% 50.5% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 43.8% 42.1% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.3% 8.4% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,896 1,372,247
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 88.7 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.9% 4.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.8% 16.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.9% 29.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 36.5% 29.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.8% 20.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,413 571,064
Single Parent Households With Children 5.3% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 18.5% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.9% 12.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 15.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.0% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.3% 17.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.6% 13.2%
$15,000 or less 11.1% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,583 $15,856,053 52.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,037 $2,168,367 7.2%
Staff $417 $871,947 2.9%
General Administration $410 $857,310 2.8%
School Administration $735 $1,536,885 5.1%
Operation $1,589 $3,322,599 11.0%
Transportation $759 $1,587,069 5.3%
Other $229 $478,839 1.6%
Total Support $5,175 $10,820,925 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,639 $3,427,149 11.4%
Total Expenditures $14,397 $30,104,127 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,013 $1,557,312,775 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,171 $202,240,927 6.5%
Staff $757 $130,713,784 4.2%
General Administration $584 $100,966,397 3.3%
School Administration $887 $153,312,959 4.9%
Operation $1,572 $271,525,927 8.8%
Transportation $761 $131,487,161 4.2%
Other $213 $36,725,172 1.2%
Total Support $5,944 $1,026,977,106 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,977 $514,438,405 16.6%
Total Expenditures $17,934 $3,098,714,625 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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