Elementary · Maine
Laura E Richards School
Free meals for allLaura E Richards School, a public elementary school in Gardiner, Maine: grades pre-k–2, 219 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of RSU 11/MSAD 11.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 219
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.9
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 53% of elementary schools in Maine
Median 208 · 348 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- RSU 11/MSAD 11
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with RSU 11/MSAD 11.
Location
- Address
- 279 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345
- Phone
- (207)582-3612
- City or town
- Gardiner
- County
- Kennebec County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Pittston-Randolph Consolidated SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 200 | 11.6 |
River View Community SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 192 | 12.8 |
Helen Thompson SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 245 | 12.7 |
Hall-Dale Elementary SchFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 311 | 10.2 |
Chelsea Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 262 | 7.9 |
Farrington SchoolFree meals for all | K–6 | 306 | 10.6 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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