Enrollment
30
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Aurora, ME
Airline Community School
Federal NCES profile for Airline Community School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 53/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230250000007
👥 S:T ratio 76
🌟 Gifted program 30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Airline Community School earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Maine schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Maine.
- 53
- Resource Index · Higher
- 6:1
- small classes for Maine
- 27.8%
- free-lunch eligible
- 30
- students enrolled
Airline Community School has class sizes smaller than 96% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
6:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-46% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
27.8%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-18% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Airline Community School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Airline Community School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Airline Community School sits near the smaller end of the Maine enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Airline Community School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most Maine schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Airline Community School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Airline Community School is a small combined-grade school in Aurora, Maine, enrolling 30 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 6:1, Airline Community School is leaner than roughly 96% of Maine schools and 46% under the state's 11.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 27.8% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 96% of Maine schools, with 30 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 569 scored Maine schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment) (diversity index 6/100).
Airline Csd operates only this one school, so Airline Community School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 30 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Maine's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Airline Community School compares
Airline Community School on the metrics families compare, against Maine and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Maine | Maine avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 6:1 | ▼ 46% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 27.8% | ▼ 18% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 30 | top 96% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
6:1
Leaner classes than 98% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
30
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
27.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 18% below the Maine average of 34.0%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
6:1
students per teacher
- 46% below state mean
Top 4% in Maine - lower ratio than 96% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$21,426
per pupil, district-wide
- above Maine avg of $20,083
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 96.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Largest group: White at 96.7% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 6.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 6.4, Airline Community School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Airline Csd, which includes Airline Community School.
$21,426
Per student
+7%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+29%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 65.0%
State 31.9%
Federal 3.1%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Maine, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~30 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Airline Community School
How many students attend Airline Community School?
Airline Community School has 30 students enrolled. It is a public school in Aurora, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Airline Community School?
The student-teacher ratio at Airline Community School is 6:1, which is 46% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 62% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Airline Community School?
27.8% of students at Airline Community School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Airline Community School?
The largest demographic group at Airline Community School is White at 96.7% of enrollment, in Aurora, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Airline Community School?
Airline Community School has a Resource Investment Index of 53/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.
What other schools are in Airline Csd?
None reported; Airline Csd operates only Airline Community School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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