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Buxton Center Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
912 Long Plains Road
Buxton, ME 04093
Phone
(207) 929-3836
District
RSU 06/MSAD 06
County
YORK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
546
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

3

(10 is best)

Better than 29.8% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Buxton Center Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
52%
61%
60%
65%
43%
57%
52%
61%
60%
65%
43%
57%
    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 pk 31 5.7%
Kindergarten 83 15.2%
Grade 1 89 16.3%
Grade 2 90 16.5%
Grade 3 89 16.3%
Grade 4 82 15.0%
Grade 5 82 15.0%
Total 546 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.8% 94.8% 88.8%
Black 1.5% 1.2% 5.2%
Hispanic 2.7% 2.6% 3.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.9% 1.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.5% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 38.6% 26.2% 37.5%
Free lunch eligible 31.5% 21.8% 31.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.1% 4.4% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,781 1,395,722
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 158.7 45
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.1% 29.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.1% 27.9%
65 OR OLDER 18.2% 21.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,673 589,085
Single Parent Households With Children 4.9% 6.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.5% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.8% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.4% 16.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.0% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.0% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 17.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.3% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.3% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 2.2% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,296 $30,881,000 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,599 $5,313,000 9.3%
Staff $752 $2,498,000 4.4%
General Administration $373 $1,238,000 2.2%
School Administration $793 $2,634,000 4.6%
Operation $1,752 $5,821,000 10.2%
Transportation $916 $3,044,000 5.4%
Other $225 $746,000 1.3%
Total Support $6,410 $21,294,000 37.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,402 $4,656,000 8.2%
Total Expenditures $17,107 $56,831,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,126 $1,749,812,000 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,383 $238,995,000 6.9%
Staff $911 $157,455,000 4.6%
General Administration $679 $117,374,000 3.4%
School Administration $976 $168,667,000 4.9%
Operation $1,927 $333,045,000 9.7%
Transportation $887 $153,227,000 4.5%
Other $253 $43,698,000 1.3%
Total Support $7,016 $1,212,461,000 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,773 $479,244,000 13.9%
Total Expenditures $19,915 $3,441,517,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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