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Lincolnville, Maine - 1 schools
At $25,496 per pupil, Appleton Public Schools ranks #24 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Appleton Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 135 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 Waldo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,496 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 , 82.4% state, and 17.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 132:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Appleton Village School, enrolling 132 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Appleton Village School accounts for 97.8% of all Appleton Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Appleton Public Schools a distant remainder — means Appleton Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Appleton Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 132:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Appleton Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 24.2% — 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 Appleton Public Schools is typically wider than the Appleton Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Appleton Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 135 students.
How much does Appleton Public Schools spend per student?
Appleton Public Schools spends $25,496 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Appleton Public Schools?
Appleton Public Schools students are 94.7% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.