Tremont Public Schools

Public school district · Hancock County · Maine · NCES district ID 2312960

Tremont Public Schools spent $32,356 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 91% of the other Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $20,194). Its one school enrolled 127 students in 2024-25; 15.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $32,289 per student, down 0.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Maine districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Tremont Public Schools in enrollment (104 to 131 students) and Tremont Public Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Tremont Public Schools, FY23Tremont Public Schools $32,356; West Bath Public Schools $27,178; Sebago Public Schools $24,589; Medway Public Schools $22,436; Edgecomb Public Schools $20,413; Rsu 85/Msad 19 $19,500; Lamoine Public Schools $18,878; Athens Public Schools $18,530; Princeton Public Schools $18,114; Sedgwick Public Schools $17,973; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30k35kTremont Public Schools$32,356West Bath Public Schools$27,178Sebago Public Schools$24,589Medway Public Schools$22,436Edgecomb Public Schools$20,413Rsu 85/Msad 19$19,500Lamoine Public Schools$18,878Athens Public Schools$18,530Princeton Public Schools$18,114Sedgwick Public Schools$17,973State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Tremont Public Schools, FY23Tremont Public Schools $32,356; West Bath Public Schools $27,178; Sebago Public Schools $24,589; Medway Public Schools $22,436; Edgecomb Public Schools $20,413; Rsu 85/Msad 19 $19,500; Lamoine Public Schools $18,878; Athens Public Schools $18,530; Princeton Public Schools $18,114; Sedgwick Public Schools $17,973; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k20k25k30k35kTremont Public Schools$32,356West Bath Public Schools$27,178Sebago Public Schools$24,589Medway Public Schools$22,436Edgecomb Public Schools$20,413Rsu 85/Msad 19$19,500Lamoine Public Schools$18,878Athens Public Schools$18,530Princeton Public Schools$18,114Sedgwick Public Schools$17,973State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Tremont Public Schools, FY23Tremont Public Schools $32,356; West Bath Public Schools $27,178; Sebago Public Schools $24,589; Medway Public Schools $22,436; Edgecomb Public Schools $20,413; Rsu 85/Msad 19 $19,500; Lamoine Public Schools $18,878; Athens Public Schools $18,530; Princeton Public Schools $18,114; Sedgwick Public Schools $17,973; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k25k35kTremont Public Schools$32,356West Bath Public Schools$27,178Sebago Public Schools$24,589Medway Public Schools$22,436Edgecomb Public Schools$20,413Rsu 85/Msad 19$19,500Lamoine Public Schools$18,878Athens Public Schools$18,530Princeton Public Schools$18,114Sedgwick Public Schools$17,973State median, under 1,000 students $20,194
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Tremont Public Schools, FY23Tremont Public Schools $32,356; West Bath Public Schools $27,178; Sebago Public Schools $24,589; Medway Public Schools $22,436; Edgecomb Public Schools $20,413; Rsu 85/Msad 19 $19,500; Lamoine Public Schools $18,878; Athens Public Schools $18,530; Princeton Public Schools $18,114; Sedgwick Public Schools $17,973; State median, under 1,000 students $20,194.15k25k35kTremont Public Schools$32,356West Bath Public Schools$27,178Sebago Public Schools$24,589Medway Public Schools$22,436Edgecomb Public Schools$20,413Rsu 85/Msad 19$19,500Lamoine Public Schools$18,878Athens Public Schools$18,530Princeton Public Schools$18,114Sedgwick Public Schools$17,973State median, under 1,000 students $20,194

Where the money came from

$3,928,000 in revenue: 15.4% state, 81.8% local and 2.8% federal. Total spending including $80,000 of capital outlay was $3,898,000, or $33,034 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Tremont Public Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $606,000; Local $3,212,000; Federal $110,000; total $3,928,000.
  • State$606,000 15%
  • Local$3,212,000 82%
  • Federal$110,000 3%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 139 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

118 students in 2022-23, 135 students in 2023-24, 127 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Tremont Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 118, 2023-24: 135, 2024-25: 1270501001502022-231182023-241352024-25127
Tremont Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 118, 2023-24: 135, 2024-25: 1270501001502022-231182023-241352024-25127
Tremont Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 118, 2023-24: 135, 2024-25: 1270501001502022-231182023-241352024-25127
Tremont Public Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 118, 2023-24: 135, 2024-25: 1270501001502022-231182023-241352024-25127

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2311819.06.2
2023-2413519.07.1
2024-2512719.06.7

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Tremont Public Schools scored proficient or above: 85-89% in reading and 80-84% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Maine, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMaineStudents tested
Reading and language arts85-89%84.1%72
Math80-84%81.5%72

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 127 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Tremont Consolidated School1276.739.4%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Tremont Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Tremont Public Schools

  1. Maine districts by spending per studentTremont Public Schools ranks 13 of 139 Maine districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($32,356).#13 of 139
  2. Every school district in MaineTremont Public Schools is the number 159 by size of 234 Maine districts, with 118 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#159 of 234
  3. Princeton Public SchoolsThe next larger Maine district: 123 students in fall 2022, $18,114 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,114
  4. Athens Public SchoolsThe next smaller Maine district: 115 students in fall 2022, $18,530 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,530
  5. Compare Tremont Public Schools with Princeton Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Tremont Public Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Tremont Public Schools?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 127 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Tremont Public Schools spend per student?
    $32,356 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Maine median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $20,194 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $32,289 per student, down 0.2% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Tremont Public Schools' money come from?
    $3,928,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 15.4% state, 81.8% local and 2.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Tremont Public Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 13 of the 113 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 11.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Tremont Public Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Tremont Public Schools scored proficient or above: 85-89% in reading and 80-84% in math, against 84.1% in reading and 81.5% in math across Maine. Maine's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Tremont Public Schools' NCES district ID?
    2312960. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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