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Lagrange, Maine - 3 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Rsu 31/Msad 31 #21 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,234 per pupil, Rsu 31/Msad 31 ranks #84 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
435
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,234
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 31/Msad 31 operates 3 public schools serving 435 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Penobscot County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,234 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 48.9% local, 32.7% state, and 18.3% 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 72/100, ranked #21 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 (4 AP courses district-wide), a 225:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 38.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.7% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Enfield Station Elementary School, with a diversity index of 7.4/100.
Enfield Station Elementary School accounts for 48.3% of all Rsu 31/Msad 31 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rsu 31/Msad 31 a distant remainder — means Rsu 31/Msad 31-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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 31/Msad 31 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Rsu 31/Msad 31 school enrollment ranges from 98 students (lowest) to 210 students (highest), a spread of 112 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 31/Msad 31 student-counselor ratio is 225:1 — 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 31/Msad 31 chronic absenteeism rate is 38.8% — 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.