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Acton, Maine - 1 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Acton Public Schools #60 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,304 per pupil, Acton Public Schools ranks #71 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Acton Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 246 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in York County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,304 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 76.3% local, 11.4% state, and 12.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #60 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 19.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.5% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Acton Elementary School, enrolling 256 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Acton Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Acton Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Acton Public Schools a distant remainder — means Acton Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Acton Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 19.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Acton Public Schools is typically wider than the Acton Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.