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Gorham, Maine - 5 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Gorham Public Schools #104 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,917 per pupil, Gorham Public Schools ranks #122 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,737
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,917
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gorham Public Schools operates 5 public schools serving 2,737 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 $16,917 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 44.2% local, 48.3% state, and 7.4% 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 34/100, ranked #104 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 379.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.6% White, 4.0% African American, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Narragansett Elementary School, with a diversity index of 30.7/100.
Its largest campus is Gorham High School, enrolling 812 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Gorham High School accounts for 28.7% of all Gorham Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gorham Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Gorham Public Schools school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Gorham Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 392 students (lowest) to 812 students (highest), a spread of 420 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Gorham Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 380:1 — 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.
Gorham Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 13.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Gorham Public Schools has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,737 students.
How much does Gorham Public Schools spend per student?
Gorham Public Schools spends $16,917 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #104 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Gorham Public Schools?
Gorham Public Schools students are 85.6% White, 4.0% African American, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gorham Public Schools?
Gorham Public Schools has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #104 out of 131 districts in Maine.