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Pemaquid, Maine - 1 schools
An equity score of 16/100 ranks Bristol Public Schools #131 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,163 per pupil, Bristol Public Schools ranks #180 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bristol Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 276 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,163 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 85.5% local, 11.0% state, and 3.6% 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 16/100, ranked #131 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.
a 118.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bristol Consolidated School, enrolling 189 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bristol Consolidated School accounts for 68.5% of all Bristol Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bristol Public Schools a distant remainder — means Bristol 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.
Bristol Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 118:1 — 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.
Bristol Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 25.4% — 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 Bristol Public Schools is typically wider than the Bristol Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Bristol Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 276 students.
How much does Bristol Public Schools spend per student?
Bristol Public Schools spends $14,163 per student. The district has an equity score of 16/100, ranking #131 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Bristol Public Schools?
Bristol Public Schools students are 94.7% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bristol Public Schools?
Bristol Public Schools has an equity score of 16/100, ranking #131 out of 131 districts in Maine.