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Bangor, Maine - 10 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Bangor Public Schools #83 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,534 per pupil, Bangor Public Schools ranks #138 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,454
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$16,534
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bangor Public Schools operates 10 public schools serving 3,454 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 middle, 2 elementary, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Penobscot County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,534 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 45.4% local, 44.5% state, and 10.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #83 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 369:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Abraham Lincoln School, with a diversity index of 41.2/100.
Its largest campus is Bangor High School, enrolling 1,068 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fourteenth Street School, at 153 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bangor High School accounts for 30.9% of all Bangor Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bangor Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Bangor Public Schools school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities
Bangor Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 153 students (lowest) to 1,068 students (highest), a spread of 915 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bangor Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 369:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Bangor Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.0% — 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 Bangor Public Schools is typically wider than the Bangor Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Bangor Public Schools has 10 schools, including 1 high, 2 middle, 5 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,454 students.
How much does Bangor Public Schools spend per student?
Bangor Public Schools spends $16,534 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #83 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Bangor Public Schools?
Bangor Public Schools students are 80.1% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% African American, 3.8% Asian, averaged across 10 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bangor Public Schools?
Bangor Public Schools has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #83 out of 131 districts in Maine.