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Fayette, Maine - 1 schools
At $19,787 per pupil, Fayette Public Schools ranks #75 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fayette Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 75 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 Kennebec County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,787 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 75.2% local, 13.0% state, and 11.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 365:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.0% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fayette Central School, enrolling 73 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fayette Central School accounts for 97.3% of all Fayette Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fayette Public Schools a distant remainder — means Fayette 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. 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.
Fayette Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Fayette Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — 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 Fayette Public Schools is typically wider than the Fayette Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Fayette Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 75 students.
How much does Fayette Public Schools spend per student?
Fayette Public Schools spends $19,787 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fayette Public Schools?
Fayette Public Schools students are 89.0% White, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.