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Holden, Maine - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Rsu 63/Msad 63 #98 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,024 per pupil, Rsu 63/Msad 63 ranks #151 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
557
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,024
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rsu 63/Msad 63 operates 3 public schools serving 557 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 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 Penobscot County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,024 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 48.1% local, 45.2% state, and 6.7% 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 39/100, ranked #98 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.
a 275.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 31.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.9% White, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Holden School, with a diversity index of 15.3/100.
Its largest campus is Holbrook School, enrolling 178 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Holbrook School accounts for 32.0% of all Rsu 63/Msad 63 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rsu 63/Msad 63-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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 63/Msad 63 student-counselor ratio is 276:1 — 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 63/Msad 63 is typically wider than the Rsu 63/Msad 63-aggregate figure suggests.
Rsu 63/Msad 63 chronic absenteeism rate is 31.9% — 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.