The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in English language arts. The lowest is 42% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Raymond Elementary School
Raymond Elementary School sits in a small lakeside town on Sebago Lake, part of Cumberland County and within commuting distance of Portland. The town is primarily residential, with seasonal tourism and recreation driving much of its commercial life along the Roosevelt Trail corridor. Development is spread out and car-dependent, with no dense walkable center. Civic life centers on parks like Tassel Top on the lake, the Raymond Village Library, and nearby conservation land. The housing market here runs well above both state and national benchmarks, which shapes who can buy into the area and, by extension, who enrolls in the school.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade and is part of RSU 14, a regional district shared with the neighboring town of Windham. Enrollment is modest for its grade band. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small numbers of children from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is low relative to what many public elementary schools see, which tracks with the town's higher-cost housing. Data on English learners and special education counts was not available in the provided materials, so those pieces of the picture are missing here.
On state assessments, Raymond Elementary's English language arts proficiency is a clear strength. A substantial majority of tested students reached proficiency, which stands out as a solid result for a school at this grade level. Math proficiency is more middling, with roughly four in ten tested students proficient. Both subjects drew near-universal participation. A parent weighing the school may want to look into math outcomes further with the school, particularly how the curriculum and interventions support students who are not yet meeting the bar. The state assessment system did not provide comparable prior-year results, so there is no trend line to judge whether performance is improving, holding, or slipping. Science results were not reported, which is typical for a school that does not extend into the grades where science is tested.
Because Raymond Elementary ends at fourth grade, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit data, and no high school course access to discuss. Those gaps reflect the grade band, not a missing program. The provided data also did not include discipline, attendance, staffing ratios, or school-level program offerings, so the portrait here is limited to demographics, assessment results, and what the community context tells us.
The district context adds some useful detail. RSU 14 recently approved full-day kindergarten for all eligible students starting in the current school year, a shift that directly affects families at Raymond Elementary with kindergarten-age children. The district also passed a budget that funds curriculum improvements, technology upgrades, and student support services, with a property tax increase for Raymond residents. A major renovation at Windham Primary School, the district's other elementary feeder, was completed recently, though that building serves Windham rather than Raymond.
Put together, this is a small early-elementary school in an affluent lakeside community with strong reading outcomes and adequate but less impressive math results. Families drawn to Raymond's setting, its access to outdoor recreation, and its proximity to Portland get a school that reflects the town's character: relatively homogeneous, economically comfortable, and academically solid in literacy. The math question is the one worth pressing on, and the transition into the upper grades in the RSU 14 system is where families will want to look next.
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