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Damariscotta, Maine - 1 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Great Salt Bay Csd #78 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,138 per pupil, Great Salt Bay Csd ranks #116 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Great Salt Bay Csd operates 1 public schools serving 407 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,138 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 72.7% local, 20.6% state, and 6.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #78 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.
a 397:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Great Salt Bay Community School accounts for 97.5% of all Great Salt Bay Csd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Great Salt Bay Csd a distant remainder — means Great Salt Bay Csd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Great Salt Bay Csd student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Great Salt Bay Csd chronic absenteeism rate is 27.2% — 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 Great Salt Bay Csd is typically wider than the Great Salt Bay Csd-aggregate figure suggests.
Great Salt Bay Csd has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 407 students.
How much does Great Salt Bay Csd spend per student?
Great Salt Bay Csd spends $17,138 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #78 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Great Salt Bay Csd?
Great Salt Bay Csd students are 91.2% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Great Salt Bay Csd?
Great Salt Bay Csd has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #78 out of 131 districts in Maine.