An equity score of 76/100 ranks Rsu 13 #15 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,183 per pupil, Rsu 13 ranks #43 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,543
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$23,183
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 13 operates 6 public schools serving 1,543 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Knox County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,183 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 66.1% local, 22.7% state, and 11.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 76/100, ranked #15 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 232.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 47.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.1% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South School, with a diversity index of 23.0/100.
Its largest campus is Oceanside High School, enrolling 494 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cushing Community School, at 74 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Oceanside High School accounts for 32.0% of all Rsu 13 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 13-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Rsu 13 school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities
Rsu 13 school enrollment ranges from 74 students (lowest) to 494 students (highest), a spread of 420 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 13 student-counselor ratio is 233:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Rsu 13 chronic absenteeism rate is 47.8% — 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.