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Windham, Maine - 6 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Rsu 14 #86 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,485 per pupil, Rsu 14 ranks #94 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,155
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,485
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 14 operates 6 public schools serving 3,155 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Cumberland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,485 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 55.0% local, 36.0% state, and 9.0% 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 42/100, ranked #86 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably less 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 (18 AP courses district-wide), a 360.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.8% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Windham Primary School, with a diversity index of 26.2/100.
Its largest campus is Windham High School, enrolling 939 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jordan-Small Middle School, at 181 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Windham High School accounts for 29.8% of all Rsu 14 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 14-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 14 school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Rsu 14 school enrollment ranges from 181 students (lowest) to 939 students (highest), a spread of 758 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 14 student-counselor ratio is 361:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rsu 14 chronic absenteeism rate is 30.2% — 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.