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Gray, Maine - 5 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Rsu 15/Msad 15 #101 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,715 per pupil, Rsu 15/Msad 15 ranks #133 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,835
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,715
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 15/Msad 15 operates 5 public schools serving 1,835 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 Cumberland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,715 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 52.2% local, 39.4% state, and 8.3% 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 35/100, ranked #101 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 201.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Russell School, with a diversity index of 21.8/100.
Its largest campus is Gray-New Gloucester High School, enrolling 573 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Memorial School, at 172 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gray-New Gloucester High School accounts for 31.2% of all Rsu 15/Msad 15 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 15/Msad 15-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 15/Msad 15 school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Rsu 15/Msad 15 school enrollment ranges from 172 students (lowest) to 573 students (highest), a spread of 401 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 15/Msad 15 student-counselor ratio is 202:1 — 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 15/Msad 15 chronic absenteeism rate is 29.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Rsu 15/Msad 15 is typically wider than the Rsu 15/Msad 15-aggregate figure suggests.