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East Millinocket, Maine - 2 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks East Millinocket Public Schools #37 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,525 per pupil, East Millinocket Public Schools ranks #109 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
242
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,525
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Millinocket Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 242 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 $17,525 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 46.4% local, 38.3% state, and 15.3% 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 64/100, ranked #37 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 242.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 28.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Opal Myrick Elementary School, enrolling 121 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Opal Myrick Elementary School accounts for 50.0% of all East Millinocket Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Millinocket Public Schools a distant remainder — means East Millinocket 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 Millinocket Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 242:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
East Millinocket Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 28.1% — 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 Millinocket Public Schools is typically wider than the East Millinocket Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to East Millinocket Public Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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