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Waterboro, Maine - 7 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Rsu 57/Msad 57 #116 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,651 per pupil, Rsu 57/Msad 57 ranks #156 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,924
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,651
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 57/Msad 57 operates 7 public schools serving 2,924 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 York County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,651 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 54.5% local, 36.0% state, and 9.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #116 of 131 in Maine against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 362:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.8% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Alfred Elementary School, with a diversity index of 19.9/100.
Its largest campus is Massabesic High School, enrolling 867 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Shapleigh Memorial School, at 153 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Massabesic High School accounts for 29.7% of all Rsu 57/Msad 57 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 57/Msad 57-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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 57/Msad 57 school enrollment varies 5.7× across entities
Rsu 57/Msad 57 school enrollment ranges from 153 students (lowest) to 867 students (highest), a spread of 714 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 57/Msad 57 student-counselor ratio is 362:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rsu 57/Msad 57 chronic absenteeism rate is 24.9% — 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 57/Msad 57 is typically wider than the Rsu 57/Msad 57-aggregate figure suggests.