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Ellsworth, Maine - 2 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Ellsworth Public Schools #58 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,341 per pupil, Ellsworth Public Schools ranks #99 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,328
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$18,341
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ellsworth Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 1,328 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 Hancock County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,341 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.7% local, 39.2% state, and 11.1% 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 51/100, ranked #58 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 500.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School accounts for 55.7% of all Ellsworth Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ellsworth Public Schools a distant remainder — means Ellsworth 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.
Ellsworth Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 500:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Ellsworth Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 41.8% — 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.
Ellsworth Public Schools has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,328 students.
How much does Ellsworth Public Schools spend per student?
Ellsworth Public Schools spends $18,341 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #58 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Ellsworth Public Schools?
Ellsworth Public Schools students are 85.0% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ellsworth Public Schools?
Ellsworth Public Schools has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #58 out of 131 districts in Maine.