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Lewiston, Maine - 7 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Lewiston Public Schools #22 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,099 per pupil, Lewiston Public Schools ranks #118 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,088
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,099
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lewiston Public Schools operates 7 public schools serving 5,088 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Androscoggin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,099 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 21.1% local, 68.4% 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. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #22 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 470:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.6% African American, 43.1% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Raymond a. Geiger Elementary School, with a diversity index of 63.8/100.
Its largest campus is Lewiston High School, enrolling 1,709 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Farwell Elementary School, at 401 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lewiston High School accounts for 32.2% of all Lewiston Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lewiston 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.
Lewiston Public Schools school enrollment varies 4.3× across entities
Lewiston Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 401 students (lowest) to 1,709 students (highest), a spread of 1,308 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.
Lewiston Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Lewiston Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 470:1 — 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.
Lewiston Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 47.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Lewiston Public Schools has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 5 combined. Total enrollment is 5,088 students.
How much does Lewiston Public Schools spend per student?
Lewiston Public Schools spends $17,099 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #22 in Maine.
What is the demographic composition of Lewiston Public Schools?
Lewiston Public Schools students are 43.6% African American, 43.1% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lewiston Public Schools?
Lewiston Public Schools has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #22 out of 131 districts in Maine.