Enrollment
107
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Medway, ME
Medway Middle School
Federal NCES profile for Medway Middle School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 230816000220
👥 S:T ratio 64
🌟 Gifted program 70
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Medway Middle School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Maine schools.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 8.9:1
- small classes for Maine
- 43.6%
- free-lunch eligible
- 107
- students enrolled
Medway Middle School has class sizes smaller than 81% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Medway Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230816000220 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.9:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-20% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
43.6%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
+28% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Medway Middle School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Medway Middle School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Medway Middle School sits near the smaller end of the Maine enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Medway Middle School falls within the wide middle of the Maine distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Medway Middle School's 44.9% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Medway Middle School is a mid-sized elementary school in Medway, Maine, enrolling 107 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 8.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 43.6% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 107 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 569 scored Maine schools.
Against 62 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #24.
Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment) (diversity index 7/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 44.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Medway Public Schools spends $25,396 per pupil, 26% above the Maine average, a better-resourced district than most.
Medway Public Schools operates only this one school, so Medway Middle School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Medway Middle School compares
Medway Middle School on the metrics families compare, against Maine and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Maine | Maine avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 8.9:1 | ▼ 20% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 43.6% | ▲ 28% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 107 | top 82% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.9:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
107
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
43.6%
free-lunch eligible
- 28% above the Maine average of 34.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
8.9:1
students per teacher
- 20% below state mean
Top 19% in Maine - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
44.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$25,396
per pupil, district-wide
- above Maine avg of $20,083
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
3
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.8 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 96.3%
Hispanic or Latino 1.9%
African American 0.9%
Two or More 0.9%
Largest group: White at 96.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 7.2/100
Simpson diversity index - at 7.2, Medway Middle School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Medway Public Schools, which includes Medway Middle School.
$25,396
Per student
+26%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+53%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 48.5%
State 39.8%
Federal 11.6%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Maine, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~107 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8.9:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Medway Middle School
How many students attend Medway Middle School?
Medway Middle School has 107 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Medway, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Medway Middle School?
The student-teacher ratio at Medway Middle School is 8.9:1, which is 20% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 43% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Medway Middle School?
43.6% of students at Medway Middle School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Medway Middle School?
The largest demographic group at Medway Middle School is White at 96.3% of enrollment, in Medway, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Medway Middle School?
Medway Middle School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Medway Public Schools?
None reported; Medway Public Schools operates only Medway Middle School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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