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Hinckley, Maine - 1 schools
At $16,128 per pupil, Maine Academy of Natural Sciences ranks #150 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
173
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,128
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences operates 1 public schools serving 173 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Somerset County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,128 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 3.3% local, 82.8% state, and 13.9% 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 64.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences accounts for 100.0% of all Maine Academy of Natural Sciences student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maine Academy of Natural Sciences a distant remainder — means Maine Academy of Natural Sciences-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.
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences chronic absenteeism rate is 64.4% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Maine Academy of Natural Sciences's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Maine Academy of Natural Sciences?
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 173 students.
How much does Maine Academy of Natural Sciences spend per student?
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences spends $16,128 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Maine Academy of Natural Sciences?
Maine Academy of Natural Sciences students are 93.8% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.