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Unity, Maine - 1 schools
At $14,338 per pupil, Ecology Learning Center ranks #177 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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$14,338
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ecology Learning Center operates 1 public schools serving 100 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Waldo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,338 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 6.1% local, 78.8% state, and 15.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 240:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.4% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ecology Learning Ctr, enrolling 120 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ecology Learning Ctr accounts for 100.0% of all Ecology Learning Center student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ecology Learning Center a distant remainder — means Ecology Learning Center-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Ecology Learning Center student-counselor ratio is 240:1 — 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.
Ecology Learning Center chronic absenteeism rate is 15.0% — 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 Ecology Learning Center is typically wider than the Ecology Learning Center-aggregate figure suggests.
Ecology Learning Center has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 100 students.
How much does Ecology Learning Center spend per student?
Ecology Learning Center spends $14,338 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ecology Learning Center?
Ecology Learning Center students are 92.4% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.