Five Town CSD

Public school district · Knox County · Maine · NCES district ID 2300053

Five Town CSD spent $19,305 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 57% of the other Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $20,194). Its one school enrolled 757 students in 2024-25; 14.3% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $21,908 per student, up 13.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (Maine: 87.3%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Maine districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Five Town CSD in enrollment (612 to 834 students) and Five Town CSD itself.

Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Five Town CSD, FY23RSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools $26,788; Rsu 24 $22,868; Rsu 28/Msad 28 $22,053; Rsu 41/Msad 41 $20,956; Rsu 37/Msad 37 $20,282; Five Town CSD $19,305; Winthrop Public Schools $18,625; Rsu 44/Msad 44 $18,446; Rsu 56 $17,810; Msad 27 $17,139; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30kRSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schoo…$26,788Rsu 24$22,868Rsu 28/Msad 28$22,053Rsu 41/Msad 41$20,956Rsu 37/Msad 37$20,282Five Town CSD$19,305Winthrop Public Schools$18,625Rsu 44/Msad 44$18,446Rsu 56$17,810Msad 27$17,139State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Five Town CSD, FY23RSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools $26,788; Rsu 24 $22,868; Rsu 28/Msad 28 $22,053; Rsu 41/Msad 41 $20,956; Rsu 37/Msad 37 $20,282; Five Town CSD $19,305; Winthrop Public Schools $18,625; Rsu 44/Msad 44 $18,446; Rsu 56 $17,810; Msad 27 $17,139; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30kRSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools$26,788Rsu 24$22,868Rsu 28/Msad 28$22,053Rsu 41/Msad 41$20,956Rsu 37/Msad 37$20,282Five Town CSD$19,305Winthrop Public Schools$18,625Rsu 44/Msad 44$18,446Rsu 56$17,810Msad 27$17,139State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Five Town CSD, FY23RSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools $26,788; Rsu 24 $22,868; Rsu 28/Msad 28 $22,053; Rsu 41/Msad 41 $20,956; Rsu 37/Msad 37 $20,282; Five Town CSD $19,305; Winthrop Public Schools $18,625; Rsu 44/Msad 44 $18,446; Rsu 56 $17,810; Msad 27 $17,139; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30kRSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools$26,788Rsu 24$22,868Rsu 28/Msad 28$22,053Rsu 41/Msad 41$20,956Rsu 37/Msad 37$20,282Five Town CSD$19,305Winthrop Public Schools$18,625Rsu 44/Msad 44$18,446Rsu 56$17,810Msad 27$17,139State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Five Town CSD, FY23RSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools $26,788; Rsu 24 $22,868; Rsu 28/Msad 28 $22,053; Rsu 41/Msad 41 $20,956; Rsu 37/Msad 37 $20,282; Five Town CSD $19,305; Winthrop Public Schools $18,625; Rsu 44/Msad 44 $18,446; Rsu 56 $17,810; Msad 27 $17,139; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30kRSU 23 Old Orchard Beach Schools$26,788Rsu 24$22,868Rsu 28/Msad 28$22,053Rsu 41/Msad 41$20,956Rsu 37/Msad 37$20,282Five Town CSD$19,305Winthrop Public Schools$18,625Rsu 44/Msad 44$18,446Rsu 56$17,810Msad 27$17,139State median, under 1,000 students $20,194

Where the money came from

$14,982,000 in revenue: 14.3% state, 83.1% local and 2.7% federal. Total spending including $59,000 of capital outlay was $14,791,000, or $20,515 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Five Town CSD revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $2,135,000; Local $12,447,000; Federal $400,000; total $14,982,000.
  • State$2,135,000 14%
  • Local$12,447,000 83%
  • Federal$400,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 139 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

719 students in 2022-23, 745 students in 2023-24, 757 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Five Town CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 719, 2023-24: 745, 2024-25: 75702004006008002022-237192023-247452024-25757
Five Town CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 719, 2023-24: 745, 2024-25: 75702004006008002022-237192023-247452024-25757
Five Town CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 719, 2023-24: 745, 2024-25: 75702004006008002022-237192023-247452024-25757
Five Town CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 719, 2023-24: 745, 2024-25: 75702004006008002022-237192023-247452024-25757

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2371958.612.3
2023-2474558.512.7
2024-2575760.212.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$4,592,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,369 per student

Five Town CSD booked $4,592,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 59 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $78,362 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 95 in 100 Maine districts with a figure (state median $60,073, 173 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$3,738,00081.4%
Special education$604,00013.2%
Other programs$250,0005.4%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $5,670 in 2018-19, $5,626 in 2019-20, $5,896 in 2020-21, $6,270 in 2021-22, $6,369 in 2022-23.

Five Town CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,670, 2019-20: $5,626, 2020-21: $5,896, 2021-22: $6,270, 2022-23: $6,36902k4k6k8k2018-19$5,6702019-20$5,6262020-21$5,8962021-22$6,2702022-23$6,369
Five Town CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,670, 2019-20: $5,626, 2020-21: $5,896, 2021-22: $6,270, 2022-23: $6,36902k4k6k8k2018-19$5,6702019-20$5,6262020-21$5,8962021-22$6,2702022-23$6,369
Five Town CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,670, 2019-20: $5,626, 2020-21: $5,896, 2021-22: $6,270, 2022-23: $6,36902k4k6k8k2018-19$5,6702019-20$5,6262020-21$5,8962021-22$6,2702022-23$6,369
Five Town CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,670, 2019-20: $5,626, 2020-21: $5,896, 2021-22: $6,270, 2022-23: $6,36902k4k6k8k2018-19$5,6702019-20$5,6262020-21$5,8962021-22$6,2702022-23$6,369

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Five Town CSD scored proficient or above: 90-94% in reading and 90-94% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Maine, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMaineStudents tested
Reading and language arts90-94%84.1%116
Math90-94%81.5%116

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90-94% of the 169 students in Five Town CSD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtMaine
Four-year graduation rate90‑94%87.3%
Students in the class16913,941

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 high school, 757 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Camden Hills Regional High School75712.622.6%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Five Town CSD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Five Town CSD

  1. Maine districts by spending per studentFive Town CSD ranks 79 of 139 Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($19,305).#79 of 139
  2. Every school district in MaineFive Town CSD is the number 76 by size of 234 Maine districts, with 721 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#76 of 234
  3. Rsu 28/Msad 28The next larger Maine district: 738 students in fall 2022, $22,053 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,053
  4. Rsu 37/Msad 37The next smaller Maine district: 691 students in fall 2022, $20,282 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,282
  5. Compare Five Town CSD with Rsu 28/Msad 28Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Camden Hills Regional High School, its largest high school757 students in 2024-25, 12.6 per teacher.757
  7. Teacher salary spending across MaineFive Town CSD spent $78,362 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $60,073); spending, not a salary.$78,362
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Five Town CSD

  1. How many schools and students are in Five Town CSD?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 high), enrolling 757 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Five Town CSD spend per student?
    $19,305 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Maine median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $20,194 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $21,908 per student, up 13.5% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Five Town CSD's money come from?
    $14,982,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 14.3% state, 83.1% local and 2.7% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Five Town CSD live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 41 of the 691 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 5.9%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Five Town CSD spend on teacher salaries?
    $4,592,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,369 per student. Divided by the 59 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $78,362 per teacher, more than 95 in 100 Maine districts (state median $60,073). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Five Town CSD do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Five Town CSD scored proficient or above: 90-94% in reading and 90-94% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Maine's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Five Town CSD?
    90-94% of the 169 students in Five Town CSD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Five Town CSD's NCES district ID?
    2300053. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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