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Bucksport, Maine - 4 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Rsu 25 #59 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,610 per pupil, Rsu 25 ranks #135 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,082
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,610
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 25 operates 4 public schools serving 1,082 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Hancock County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,610 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 44.5% local, 43.7% state, and 11.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #59 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 236.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.6% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bucksport High School, with a diversity index of 21.0/100.
Its largest campus is Bucksport High School, enrolling 361 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is G Herbert Jewett School, at 98 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bucksport High School accounts for 33.4% of all Rsu 25 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 25-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 25 school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Rsu 25 school enrollment ranges from 98 students (lowest) to 361 students (highest), a spread of 263 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 25 student-counselor ratio is 236:1 — 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 25 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.3% — 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.