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Mars Hill, Maine - 2 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Rsu 42/Msad 42 #46 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,408 per pupil, Rsu 42/Msad 42 ranks #141 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
348
Total Enrollment
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$16,408
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 42/Msad 42 operates 2 public schools serving 348 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Aroostook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,408 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 40.4% local, 47.6% state, and 12.1% 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 57/100, ranked #46 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.
and 24.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.4% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fort Street School, enrolling 176 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Fort Street School accounts for 50.6% of all Rsu 42/Msad 42 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rsu 42/Msad 42 a distant remainder — means Rsu 42/Msad 42-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 42/Msad 42 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.3% — 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 42/Msad 42 is typically wider than the Rsu 42/Msad 42-aggregate figure suggests.