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Limestone, Maine - 1 schools
At $25,170 per pupil, Limestone Public Schools ranks #27 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
140
Total Enrollment
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$25,170
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Limestone Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 140 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 Aroostook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,170 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.4% local, 58.8% state, and 7.8% 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 44.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.6% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Limestone Community School, enrolling 138 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Limestone Community School accounts for 98.6% of all Limestone Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Limestone Public Schools a distant remainder — means Limestone Public Schools-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.
Limestone Public Schools reports 55.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Limestone Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 44.2% — 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.
Limestone Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 140 students.
How much does Limestone Public Schools spend per student?
Limestone Public Schools spends $25,170 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Limestone Public Schools?
Limestone Public Schools students are 82.6% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% African American, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.