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Wales, Maine - 5 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Rsu 04 #65 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,593 per pupil, Rsu 04 ranks #137 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,300
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,593
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 04 operates 5 public schools serving 1,300 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 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 Androscoggin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,593 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 33.8% local, 49.4% state, and 16.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #65 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 273.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 36.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.3% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Oak Hill High School, with a diversity index of 15.3/100.
Its largest campus is Oak Hill High School, enrolling 408 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Oak Hill High School accounts for 31.4% of all Rsu 04 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 04-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.
Rsu 04 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Rsu 04 school enrollment ranges from 143 students (lowest) to 408 students (highest), a spread of 265 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.
Rsu 04 student-counselor ratio is 274:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Rsu 04 is typically wider than the Rsu 04-aggregate figure suggests.
Rsu 04 chronic absenteeism rate is 36.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.