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Machias, Maine - 1 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks East Machias Public Schools #126 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,272 per pupil, East Machias Public Schools ranks #201 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East Machias Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 241 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 $10,272 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 43.5% local, 46.0% state, and 10.5% 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 21/100, ranked #126 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 23.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.7% White, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Elm Street School-East Machias accounts for 73.0% of all East Machias Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Machias Public Schools a distant remainder — means East Machias 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.
East Machias Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.9% — 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 East Machias Public Schools is typically wider than the East Machias Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.