Wells-Ogunquit CSD

Public school district · York County · Maine · NCES district ID 2313490

Wells-Ogunquit CSD spent $20,028 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 74% of the other Maine districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $17,843). Its 3 schools enrolled 1,440 students in 2024-25; 11.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,884 per student, up 4.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% or more (Maine: 87.3%).

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 Wells-Ogunquit CSD in enrollment (1,300 to 1,537 students) and Wells-Ogunquit CSD itself.

Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Wells-Ogunquit CSD, FY23York Public Schools $24,422; Cape Elizabeth Public Schools $20,822; Wells-Ogunquit CSD $20,028; Ellsworth Public Schools $18,856; Rsu 71 $18,742; Rsu 34 $18,568; Rsu 04 $17,984; Rsu 73 $17,330; Lisbon Public Schools $14,402; Hermon Public Schools $13,263; State median, 1,000+ students $17,843.10k15k20k25kYork Public Schools$24,422Cape Elizabeth Public Schools$20,822Wells-Ogunquit CSD$20,028Ellsworth Public Schools$18,856Rsu 71$18,742Rsu 34$18,568Rsu 04$17,984Rsu 73$17,330Lisbon Public Schools$14,402Hermon Public Schools$13,263State median, 1,000+ students $17,843
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Wells-Ogunquit CSD, FY23York Public Schools $24,422; Cape Elizabeth Public Schools $20,822; Wells-Ogunquit CSD $20,028; Ellsworth Public Schools $18,856; Rsu 71 $18,742; Rsu 34 $18,568; Rsu 04 $17,984; Rsu 73 $17,330; Lisbon Public Schools $14,402; Hermon Public Schools $13,263; State median, 1,000+ students $17,843.10k15k20k25kYork Public Schools$24,422Cape Elizabeth Public Schools$20,822Wells-Ogunquit CSD$20,028Ellsworth Public Schools$18,856Rsu 71$18,742Rsu 34$18,568Rsu 04$17,984Rsu 73$17,330Lisbon Public Schools$14,402Hermon Public Schools$13,263State median, 1,000+ students $17,843
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Wells-Ogunquit CSD, FY23York Public Schools $24,422; Cape Elizabeth Public Schools $20,822; Wells-Ogunquit CSD $20,028; Ellsworth Public Schools $18,856; Rsu 71 $18,742; Rsu 34 $18,568; Rsu 04 $17,984; Rsu 73 $17,330; Lisbon Public Schools $14,402; Hermon Public Schools $13,263; State median, 1,000+ students $17,843.10k15k20k25kYork Public Schools$24,422Cape Elizabeth Public Schools$20,822Wells-Ogunquit CSD$20,028Ellsworth Public Schools$18,856Rsu 71$18,742Rsu 34$18,568Rsu 04$17,984Rsu 73$17,330Lisbon Public Schools$14,402Hermon Public Schools$13,263State median, 1,000+ students $17,843
Current spending per student, Maine districts closest in size to Wells-Ogunquit CSD, FY23York Public Schools $24,422; Cape Elizabeth Public Schools $20,822; Wells-Ogunquit CSD $20,028; Ellsworth Public Schools $18,856; Rsu 71 $18,742; Rsu 34 $18,568; Rsu 04 $17,984; Rsu 73 $17,330; Lisbon Public Schools $14,402; Hermon Public Schools $13,263; State median, 1,000+ students $17,843.10k15k20k25kYork Public Schools$24,422Cape Elizabeth Public Schools$20,822Wells-Ogunquit CSD$20,028Ellsworth Public Schools$18,856Rsu 71$18,742Rsu 34$18,568Rsu 04$17,984Rsu 73$17,330Lisbon Public Schools$14,402Hermon Public Schools$13,263State median, 1,000+ students $17,843

Where the money came from

$31,417,000 in revenue: 11.5% state, 86.2% local and 2.3% federal. Total spending including $67,000 of capital outlay was $29,366,000, or $20,871 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Wells-Ogunquit CSD revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $3,618,000; Local $27,075,000; Federal $724,000; total $31,417,000.
  • State$3,618,000 12%
  • Local$27,075,000 86%
  • Federal$724,000 2%

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 63 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,407 students in 2022-23, 1,402 students in 2023-24, 1,440 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Wells-Ogunquit CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,407, 2023-24: 1,402, 2024-25: 1,44005001k1.5k2022-231,4072023-241,4022024-251,440
Wells-Ogunquit CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,407, 2023-24: 1,402, 2024-25: 1,44005001k1.5k2022-231,4072023-241,4022024-251,440
Wells-Ogunquit CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,407, 2023-24: 1,402, 2024-25: 1,44005001k1.5k2022-231,4072023-241,4022024-251,440
Wells-Ogunquit CSD enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,407, 2023-24: 1,402, 2024-25: 1,44005001k1.5k2022-231,4072023-241,4022024-251,440

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,407116.912.0
2023-241,402117.711.9
2024-251,440120.312.0

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

$9,381,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,667 per student

Wells-Ogunquit CSD booked $9,381,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 117 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $80,248 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 96 in 100 Maine districts with a figure (state median $60,073, 173 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$7,876,00084.0%
Special education$1,262,00013.5%
Other programs$243,0002.6%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $6,037 in 2018-19, $6,100 in 2019-20, $6,752 in 2020-21, $6,538 in 2021-22, $6,667 in 2022-23.

Wells-Ogunquit CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,037, 2019-20: $6,100, 2020-21: $6,752, 2021-22: $6,538, 2022-23: $6,66702k4k6k8k2018-19$6,0372019-20$6,1002020-21$6,7522021-22$6,5382022-23$6,667
Wells-Ogunquit CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,037, 2019-20: $6,100, 2020-21: $6,752, 2021-22: $6,538, 2022-23: $6,66702k4k6k8k2018-19$6,0372019-20$6,1002020-21$6,7522021-22$6,5382022-23$6,667
Wells-Ogunquit CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,037, 2019-20: $6,100, 2020-21: $6,752, 2021-22: $6,538, 2022-23: $6,66702k4k6k8k2018-19$6,0372019-20$6,1002020-21$6,7522021-22$6,5382022-23$6,667
Wells-Ogunquit CSD teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $6,037, 2019-20: $6,100, 2020-21: $6,752, 2021-22: $6,538, 2022-23: $6,66702k4k6k8k2018-19$6,0372019-20$6,1002020-21$6,7522021-22$6,5382022-23$6,667

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Wells-Ogunquit CSD scored proficient or above: 90% in reading and 91% 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 arts90%84.1%723
Math91%81.5%724

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.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% or more of the 110 students in Wells-Ogunquit CSD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtMaine
Four-year graduation rate95% or more87.3%
Students in the class11013,941

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 563 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wells Elementary School56312.816.0%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.

1 middle school, 455 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wells Junior High School45511.615.4%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.

1 high school, 422 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Wells High School42211.412.1%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 Wells-Ogunquit CSD

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 Wells-Ogunquit CSD

  1. Maine districts by spending per studentWells-Ogunquit CSD ranks 17 of 63 Maine districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($20,028).#17 of 63
  2. Every school district in MaineWells-Ogunquit CSD is the number 50 by size of 234 Maine districts, with 1,407 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#50 of 234
  3. Rsu 34The next larger Maine district: 1,434 students in fall 2022, $18,568 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,568
  4. Hermon Public SchoolsThe next smaller Maine district: 1,397 students in fall 2022, $13,263 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,263
  5. Compare Wells-Ogunquit CSD with Rsu 34Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Wells High School, its largest high school422 students in 2024-25, 11.4 per teacher.422
  7. Teacher salary spending across MaineWells-Ogunquit CSD spent $80,248 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $60,073); spending, not a salary.$80,248
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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 Wells-Ogunquit CSD

  1. How many schools and students are in Wells-Ogunquit CSD?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 1,440 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Wells-Ogunquit CSD spend per student?
    $20,028 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 at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $17,843 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,884 per student, up 4.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Wells-Ogunquit CSD's money come from?
    $31,417,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 11.5% state, 86.2% local and 2.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Wells-Ogunquit CSD live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 59 of the 1,508 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 3.9%, 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 much does Wells-Ogunquit CSD spend on teacher salaries?
    $9,381,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,667 per student. Divided by the 117 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $80,248 per teacher, more than 96 in 100 Maine districts (state median $60,073). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Maine teacher salary at $58,757 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Wells-Ogunquit CSD do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Wells-Ogunquit CSD scored proficient or above: 90% in reading and 91% 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.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Wells-Ogunquit CSD?
    95% or more of the 110 students in Wells-Ogunquit CSD's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Maine. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Wells-Ogunquit CSD's NCES district ID?
    2313490. 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 four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.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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