Enrollment
42
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Brooksville, ME
Brooksville Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Brooksville Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 64/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230364000094
👥 S:T ratio 81
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 58
📋 Attendance 88
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Brooksville Elementary School earns 64/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 98% of Maine schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Maine.
- 64
- Resource Index · Higher
- 4.7:1
- small classes for Maine
- 23.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 42
- students enrolled
Brooksville Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 98% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Brooksville Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230364000094 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
4.7:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-58% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
23.4%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-31% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Brooksville Elementary School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Brooksville Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Brooksville Elementary 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.
Lower need and stronger resource signals align
Brooksville Elementary School reports lower free-meal eligibility than most Maine schools and an above-typical Resource Investment Index. The two measures move together, a pattern consistent with the resource advantages that often accompany a lower-need intake. That association should not be mistaken for a causal verdict about the school; it is a transparent description of how this campus sits on two independent federal-data dimensions.
Attendance is a relative strength
4.8% of Brooksville Elementary School students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.
Brooksville Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Brooksville, Maine, enrolling 42 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 4.7:1, Brooksville Elementary School is leaner than roughly 98% of Maine schools and 58% 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 23.4% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 95% of Maine schools, with 42 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 96% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (88% of enrollment) (diversity index 22/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 210 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 4.8% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Brooksville Public Schools spends $14,527 per pupil, 28% below the Maine average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Brooksville Public Schools operates only this one school, so Brooksville Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 42 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 Brooksville Elementary School compares
Brooksville Elementary 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 | 4.7:1 | ▼ 58% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 23.4% | ▼ 31% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 42 | top 95% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
4.7:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
42
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
23.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 31% 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
4.7:1
students per teacher
- 58% below state mean
Top 2% in Maine - lower ratio than 98% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
4.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$14,527
per pupil, district-wide
- below Maine avg of $20,083
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.2 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 88.1%
Hispanic or Latino 7.1%
African American 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.4%
Largest group: White at 88.1% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 21.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 21.8, Brooksville Elementary School is about as mixed as the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Brooksville Public Schools, which includes Brooksville Elementary School.
$14,527
Per student
-28%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
-12%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 90.0%
State 8.9%
Federal 1.2%
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 (~42 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~4.7:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Brooksville Elementary School
How many students attend Brooksville Elementary School?
Brooksville Elementary School has 42 students enrolled. It is a public school in Brooksville, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brooksville Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Brooksville Elementary School is 4.7:1, which is 58% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 70% 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 Brooksville Elementary School?
23.4% of students at Brooksville Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Brooksville Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Brooksville Elementary School is White at 88.1% of enrollment, in Brooksville, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Brooksville Elementary School?
Brooksville Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 64/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Brooksville Public Schools?
None reported; Brooksville Public Schools operates only Brooksville Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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