An equity score of 36/100 ranks Community Regional Charter School #101 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,232 per pupil, Community Regional Charter School ranks #182 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,232
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Community Regional Charter School operates 3 public schools serving 358 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Somerset County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,232 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 21 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.0% local, 81.6% state, and 15.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #101 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.
and 35.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Creative Childrens Academy, with a diversity index of 19.2/100.
Its largest campus is Dimensions Academy, enrolling 177 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Creative Childrens Academy, at 38 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dimensions Academy accounts for 46.0% of all Community Regional Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Community Regional Charter School a distant remainder — means Community Regional Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Community Regional Charter School school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Community Regional Charter School school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 177 students (highest), a spread of 139 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.
Community Regional Charter School reports 54.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Community Regional Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 35.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Community Regional Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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