Enrollment
70
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Otis, ME
Beech Hill School
Federal NCES profile for Beech Hill School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230939000257
👥 S:T ratio 60
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 43
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Beech Hill School earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 70% of Maine schools.
- 44
- Resource Index · Typical
- 10:1
- small classes for Maine
- 31.1%
- free-lunch eligible
- 70
- students enrolled
Beech Hill School has class sizes smaller than 70% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Otis Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230939000257 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-10% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
31.1%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-9% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Beech Hill School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Beech Hill School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Beech Hill 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.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Beech Hill School falls within the wide middle of the Maine distribution on both free-meal eligibility and the Resource Investment Index. Neither measure supplies an honest headline by itself. The useful distinctions are in the components: classroom staffing, counselor availability, attendance, gifted-program access, and district spending. Those fields can pull in opposite directions even when the overall percentile looks ordinary.
Student support operates inside a leaner district budget
Beech Hill School's district reports $16,790 in per-pupil expenditure, at least 15% below the Maine average of $20,083. That district-wide constraint gives the campus-level support fields added meaning: counselor loads, specialist staffing, and program access are being reported within a comparatively lean spending environment. F-33 does not publish this school's own budget, so the comparison describes district context rather than dollars assigned to this building.
Beech Hill School is a small combined-grade school in Otis, Maine, enrolling 70 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10:1 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 31.1% lands close to the Maine typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 70 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 569 scored Maine schools.
Against 38 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #20.
Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment) (diversity index 6/100).
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.9% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Otis Public Schools operates only this one school, so Beech Hill School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 70 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 Beech Hill School compares
Beech Hill 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 | 10:1 | ▼ 10% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 31.1% | ▼ 9% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 70 | top 90% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10:1
Leaner classes than 89% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
70
Bigger than 7% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
31.1%
free-lunch eligible
- 9% 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
10:1
students per teacher
- 10% below state mean
Top 30% in Maine - lower ratio than 70% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$16,790
per pupil, district-wide
- below Maine avg of $20,083
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 5.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 97.1%
Two or More 2.9%
Largest group: White at 97.1% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 5.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 5.6, Beech Hill School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Otis Public Schools, which includes Beech Hill School.
$16,790
Per student
-16%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 73.8%
State 12.0%
Federal 14.2%
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 (~70 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~10:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Beech Hill School
How many students attend Beech Hill School?
Beech Hill School has 70 students enrolled. It is a public school in Otis, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beech Hill School?
The student-teacher ratio at Beech Hill School is 10:1, which is 10% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 36% 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 Beech Hill School?
31.1% of students at Beech Hill School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Beech Hill School?
The largest demographic group at Beech Hill School is White at 97.1% of enrollment, in Otis, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Beech Hill School?
Beech Hill School has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Otis Public Schools?
None reported; Otis Public Schools operates only Beech Hill School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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