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Wells, Maine - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Wells-Ogunquit Csd #100 of 131 districts in Maine (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,506 per pupil, Wells-Ogunquit Csd ranks #79 of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending (Maine districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,407
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,506
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wells-Ogunquit Csd operates 3 public schools serving 1,407 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maine. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 York County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,506 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 203 Maine districts by per-pupil spending. See how Maine compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 83.4% local, 11.2% state, and 5.5% 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 37/100, ranked #100 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 409.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.4% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wells Elementary School, with a diversity index of 24.3/100.
Its largest campus is Wells Elementary School, enrolling 563 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Wells Elementary School accounts for 39.1% of all Wells-Ogunquit Csd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wells-Ogunquit Csd-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.
Wells-Ogunquit Csd student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
Wells-Ogunquit Csd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.7% — 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 Wells-Ogunquit Csd is typically wider than the Wells-Ogunquit Csd-aggregate figure suggests.