Enrollment
57
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Brooklin, ME
Brooklin School
Federal NCES profile for Brooklin School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 33/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230361000254
👥 S:T ratio 68
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Brooklin School earns 33/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 88% of Maine schools.
- 33
- Resource Index · Typical
- 8.1:1
- small classes for Maine
- 28.6%
- free-lunch eligible
- 57
- students enrolled
Brooklin School has class sizes smaller than 88% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Brooklin Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230361000254 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.1:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-27% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
28.6%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-16% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Brooklin School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Brooklin School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Brooklin 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.
The composite reveals a resource-side weakness
Brooklin School's free-meal eligibility sits closer to the broad Maine middle than to an extreme, but its Resource Investment Index falls near the lower end of scored schools. That makes the composite itself the notable signal rather than student need. Inspecting the underlying factors matters here: a low score can result from thin counselor coverage, limited gifted access, attendance pressure, or heavier classroom staffing, and those are different operational problems.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Brooklin School's 40.4% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Brooklin School is a small combined-grade school in Brooklin, Maine, enrolling 57 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.1:1, Brooklin School is leaner than roughly 88% of Maine schools and 27% under the state's 11.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 28.6% lands close to the Maine typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Maine schools, with 57 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 569 scored Maine schools.
Among 27 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Maine schools statewide, it ranks #23, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment) (diversity index 17/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 40.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Brooklin Public Schools operates only this one school, so Brooklin School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 57 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 Brooklin School compares
Brooklin 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 | 8.1:1 | ▼ 27% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 28.6% | ▼ 16% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 57 | top 92% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.1:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
57
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
28.6%
free-lunch eligible
- 16% 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
8.1:1
students per teacher
- 27% below state mean
Top 12% in Maine - lower ratio than 88% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
40.4%
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
$20,138
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 91.2%
African American 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.8%
Largest group: White at 91.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 16.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 16.5, Brooklin School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Brooklin Public Schools, which includes Brooklin School.
$20,138
Per student
+0%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+21%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 87.5%
State 9.9%
Federal 2.6%
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 (~57 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Brooklin School
How many students attend Brooklin School?
Brooklin School has 57 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brooklin, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brooklin School?
The student-teacher ratio at Brooklin School is 8.1:1, which is 27% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 48% 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 Brooklin School?
28.6% of students at Brooklin School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Brooklin School?
The largest demographic group at Brooklin School is White at 91.2% of enrollment, in Brooklin, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Brooklin School?
Brooklin School has a Resource Investment Index of 33/100 (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 Brooklin Public Schools?
None reported; Brooklin Public Schools operates only Brooklin School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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