An equity score of 67/100 ranks Rsu 42/Msad 42 #32 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,980 per pupil, Rsu 42/Msad 42 ranks #105 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
348
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$18,980
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 $18,980 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 67/100, ranked #32 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.
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 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 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.