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Hiram, Maine - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Rsu 55/Msad 55 #67 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,597 per pupil, Rsu 55/Msad 55 ranks #136 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
998
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,597
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 55/Msad 55 operates 3 public schools serving 998 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 Oxford County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,597 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 44.4% local, 39.5% state, and 16.1% 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 48/100, ranked #67 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 326.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.9% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sacopee Valley High Sch, with a diversity index of 15.1/100.
Sacopee Valley Elementary School accounts for 36.5% of all Rsu 55/Msad 55 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 55/Msad 55-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 55/Msad 55 student-counselor ratio is 326:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Rsu 55/Msad 55 is typically wider than the Rsu 55/Msad 55-aggregate figure suggests.
Rsu 55/Msad 55 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8% — 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 55/Msad 55 is typically wider than the Rsu 55/Msad 55-aggregate figure suggests.