Millinocket Public Schools

Public school district · Penobscot County · Maine · NCES district ID 2308280

Millinocket Public Schools spent $18,280 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 67% of the other Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $20,194). Its 2 schools enrolled 438 students in 2024-25; 54.7% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,929 per student, up 3.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-89% (Maine: 87.3%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Maine districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Millinocket Public Schools in enrollment (407 to 482 students) and Millinocket Public Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Millinocket Public Schools, FY23Rsu 20 $25,080; Rsu 31/Msad 31 $20,671; Wiscasset Public Schools $20,547; Millinocket Public Schools $18,280; Great Salt Bay CSD $17,356; Rsu 86/Msad 20 $17,033; Glenburn School $15,383; Orrington Public Schools $13,294; Maine Virtual Academy $12,030; Maine Connections Academy $11,901; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.10k15k20k25k30kRsu 20$25,080Rsu 31/Msad 31$20,671Wiscasset Public Schools$20,547Millinocket Public Schools$18,280Great Salt Bay CSD$17,356Rsu 86/Msad 20$17,033Glenburn School$15,383Orrington Public Schools$13,294Maine Virtual Academy$12,030Maine Connections Academy$11,901State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Millinocket Public Schools, FY23Rsu 20 $25,080; Rsu 31/Msad 31 $20,671; Wiscasset Public Schools $20,547; Millinocket Public Schools $18,280; Great Salt Bay CSD $17,356; Rsu 86/Msad 20 $17,033; Glenburn School $15,383; Orrington Public Schools $13,294; Maine Virtual Academy $12,030; Maine Connections Academy $11,901; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.10k15k20k25k30kRsu 20$25,080Rsu 31/Msad 31$20,671Wiscasset Public Schools$20,547Millinocket Public Schools$18,280Great Salt Bay CSD$17,356Rsu 86/Msad 20$17,033Glenburn School$15,383Orrington Public Schools$13,294Maine Virtual Academy$12,030Maine Connections Academy$11,901State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Millinocket Public Schools, FY23Rsu 20 $25,080; Rsu 31/Msad 31 $20,671; Wiscasset Public Schools $20,547; Millinocket Public Schools $18,280; Great Salt Bay CSD $17,356; Rsu 86/Msad 20 $17,033; Glenburn School $15,383; Orrington Public Schools $13,294; Maine Virtual Academy $12,030; Maine Connections Academy $11,901; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.10k20k30kRsu 20$25,080Rsu 31/Msad 31$20,671Wiscasset Public Schools$20,547Millinocket Public Schools$18,280Great Salt Bay CSD$17,356Rsu 86/Msad 20$17,033Glenburn School$15,383Orrington Public Schools$13,294Maine Virtual Academy$12,030Maine Connections Academy$11,901State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Millinocket Public Schools, FY23Rsu 20 $25,080; Rsu 31/Msad 31 $20,671; Wiscasset Public Schools $20,547; Millinocket Public Schools $18,280; Great Salt Bay CSD $17,356; Rsu 86/Msad 20 $17,033; Glenburn School $15,383; Orrington Public Schools $13,294; Maine Virtual Academy $12,030; Maine Connections Academy $11,901; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.10k20k30kRsu 20$25,080Rsu 31/Msad 31$20,671Wiscasset Public Schools$20,547Millinocket Public Schools$18,280Great Salt Bay CSD$17,356Rsu 86/Msad 20$17,033Glenburn School$15,383Orrington Public Schools$13,294Maine Virtual Academy$12,030Maine Connections Academy$11,901State median, under 1,000 students $20,194

Where the money came from

$7,881,000 in revenue: 54.7% state, 40.0% local and 5.3% federal. Total spending including $272,000 of capital outlay was $8,531,000, or $19,257 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Millinocket Public Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,307,000; Local $3,155,000; Federal $419,000; total $7,881,000.
  • State$4,307,000 55%
  • Local$3,155,000 40%
  • Federal$419,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 139 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

443 students in 2022-23, 449 students in 2023-24, 438 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Millinocket Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 443, 2023-24: 449, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234432023-244492024-25438
Millinocket Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 443, 2023-24: 449, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234432023-244492024-25438
Millinocket Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 443, 2023-24: 449, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234432023-244492024-25438
Millinocket Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 443, 2023-24: 449, 2024-25: 43802004006002022-234432023-244492024-25438

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2344341.010.8
2023-2444941.011.0
2024-2543840.010.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$2,036,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,596 per student

Millinocket Public Schools booked $2,036,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 41 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $49,671 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 12 in 100 Maine districts with a figure (state median $60,073, 173 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$1,658,00081.4%
Special education$289,00014.2%
Other programs$89,0004.4%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,820 in 2018-19, $3,931 in 2019-20, $4,618 in 2020-21, $3,907 in 2021-22, $4,596 in 2022-23.

Millinocket Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,820, 2019-20: $3,931, 2020-21: $4,618, 2021-22: $3,907, 2022-23: $4,59602k4k6k2018-19$3,8202019-20$3,9312020-21$4,6182021-22$3,9072022-23$4,596
Millinocket Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,820, 2019-20: $3,931, 2020-21: $4,618, 2021-22: $3,907, 2022-23: $4,59602k4k6k2018-19$3,8202019-20$3,9312020-21$4,6182021-22$3,9072022-23$4,596
Millinocket Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,820, 2019-20: $3,931, 2020-21: $4,618, 2021-22: $3,907, 2022-23: $4,59602k4k6k2018-19$3,8202019-20$3,9312020-21$4,6182021-22$3,9072022-23$4,596
Millinocket Public Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,820, 2019-20: $3,931, 2020-21: $4,618, 2021-22: $3,907, 2022-23: $4,59602k4k6k2018-19$3,8202019-20$3,9312020-21$4,6182021-22$3,9072022-23$4,596

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Millinocket Public Schools scored proficient or above: 80-84% in reading and 85-89% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Maine, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMaineStudents tested
Reading and language arts80-84%84.1%187
Math85-89%81.5%185

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80-89% of the 32 students in Millinocket Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtMaine
Four-year graduation rate80‑89%87.3%
Students in the class3213,941

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 209 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Granite Street School20910.357.9%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 229 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Stearns Jr-Sr High School22911.659.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Millinocket Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Millinocket Public Schools

  1. Maine districts by spending per studentMillinocket Public Schools ranks 93 of 139 Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($18,280).#93 of 139
  2. Every school district in MaineMillinocket Public Schools is the number 97 by size of 234 Maine districts, with 443 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#97 of 234
  3. Rsu 20The next larger Maine district: 451 students in fall 2022, $25,080 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$25,080
  4. Maine Virtual AcademyThe next smaller Maine district: 438 students in fall 2022, $12,030 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,030
  5. Compare Millinocket Public Schools with Rsu 20Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Stearns Jr-Sr High School, its largest high school229 students in 2024-25, 11.6 per teacher.229
  7. Teacher salary spending across MaineMillinocket Public Schools spent $49,671 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $60,073); spending, not a salary.$49,671
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Millinocket Public Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Millinocket Public Schools?
    2 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 438 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Millinocket Public Schools spend per student?
    $18,280 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Maine median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $20,194 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $18,929 per student, up 3.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Millinocket Public Schools' money come from?
    $7,881,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 54.7% state, 40.0% local and 5.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Millinocket Public Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 94 of the 457 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 20.6%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Millinocket Public Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $2,036,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,596 per student. Divided by the 41 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $49,671 per teacher, more than 12 in 100 Maine districts (state median $60,073). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Millinocket Public Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Millinocket Public Schools scored proficient or above: 80-84% in reading and 85-89% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Maine's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Millinocket Public Schools?
    80-89% of the 32 students in Millinocket Public Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Millinocket Public Schools' NCES district ID?
    2308280. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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