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Gray, Maine - 1 schools
At $12,628 per pupil, Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences ranks #187 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$12,628
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences operates 1 public schools serving 192 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 Cumberland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,628 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 3.6% local, 85.9% state, and 10.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 2.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.1% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Fiddlehead School of Arts & Science accounts for 92.2% of all Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences a distant remainder — means Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences-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.
Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences chronic absenteeism rate is 2.8% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences?
Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 192 students.
How much does Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences spend per student?
Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences spends $12,628 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences?
Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences students are 92.1% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.