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Farmington, Maine - 7 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Rsu 09 #48 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,427 per pupil, Rsu 09 ranks #140 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,266
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$16,427
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 09 operates 7 public schools serving 2,266 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,427 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 33.6% local, 61.0% state, and 5.4% 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 55/100, ranked #48 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 316.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 41.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is W G Mallett School, with a diversity index of 16.2/100.
Its largest campus is Mt Blue High School, enrolling 720 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gerald D Cushing School, at 101 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mt Blue High School accounts for 31.6% of all Rsu 09 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 09-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 09 school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Rsu 09 school enrollment ranges from 101 students (lowest) to 720 students (highest), a spread of 619 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 09 student-counselor ratio is 316:1 — 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 09 is typically wider than the Rsu 09-aggregate figure suggests.
Rsu 09 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.1% — 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.