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Brewer, Maine - 2 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Brewer Public Schools #109 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,949 per pupil, Brewer Public Schools ranks #167 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,604
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,949
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brewer Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 1,604 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Penobscot County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,949 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 37.4% local, 47.9% state, and 14.6% 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 32/100, ranked #109 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 478.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.6% White, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Brewer Community School, enrolling 800 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Brewer Community School accounts for 49.9% of all Brewer Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brewer Public Schools a distant remainder — means Brewer 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.
Brewer Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 478:1 — 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.
Brewer Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 44.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Brewer Public Schools has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,604 students.
How much does Brewer Public Schools spend per student?
Brewer Public Schools spends $14,949 per student. The district has an equity score of 32/100, ranking #109 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Brewer Public Schools?
Brewer Public Schools students are 85.6% White, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brewer Public Schools?
Brewer Public Schools has an equity score of 32/100, ranking #109 out of 131 districts in Maine.