An equity score of 89/100 ranks Rsu 41/Msad 41 #1 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,956 per pupil, Rsu 41/Msad 41 ranks #73 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
612
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$20,956
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 41/Msad 41 operates 3 public schools serving 612 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 $20,956 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 25.4% local, 52.5% state, and 22.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 89/100, ranked #1 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 (3 AP courses district-wide), a 134.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.4% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Milo Elementary School, with a diversity index of 16.4/100.
Penquis Valley Middle/High School accounts for 57.0% of all Rsu 41/Msad 41 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rsu 41/Msad 41 a distant remainder — means Rsu 41/Msad 41-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Rsu 41/Msad 41 school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Rsu 41/Msad 41 school enrollment ranges from 93 students (lowest) to 349 students (highest), a spread of 256 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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Rsu 41/Msad 41 student-counselor ratio is 135:1 — 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 41/Msad 41 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.5% — 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.