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Old Orchard Beach, Maine - 3 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Rsu 23 #8 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,221 per pupil, Rsu 23 ranks #20 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
666
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$27,221
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 23 operates 3 public schools serving 666 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 York County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $27,221 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 21 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 74.2% local, 18.7% state, and 7.1% 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 78/100, ranked #8 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 147.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.9% White, 5.3% African American, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Loranger Memorial School, with a diversity index of 33.0/100.
Its largest campus is Loranger Memorial School, enrolling 251 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Loranger Memorial School accounts for 37.7% of all Rsu 23 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 23-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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 23 student-counselor ratio is 147:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Rsu 23 chronic absenteeism rate is 27.4% — 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 23 is typically wider than the Rsu 23-aggregate figure suggests.