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Cutler, Maine - 1 schools
At $11,747 per pupil, Cutler Public Schools ranks #195 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cutler Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 87 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,747 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 56.8% local, 40.3% state, and 2.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 19.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bay Ridge Elementary, enrolling 36 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bay Ridge Elementary accounts for 41.4% of all Cutler Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cutler 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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Cutler Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 19.4% — 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 Cutler Public Schools is typically wider than the Cutler Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.