Enrollment
120
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Unity, ME
Ecology Learning Ctr
Federal NCES profile for Ecology Learning Ctr, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 46/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 231484123186Charter school
👥 S:T ratio 40
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 52
📋 Attendance 63
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Ecology Learning Ctr earns 46/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 96% of Maine schools.
- 46
- Resource Index · Typical
- 15:1
- large classes for Maine
- 33.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 120
- students enrolled
Ecology Learning Ctr has class sizes larger than 96% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Ecology Learning Center · Maine
NCES ID 231484123186 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
15:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
+35% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
33.0%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-3% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Ecology Learning Ctr compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Ecology Learning Ctr
Small campus without a staffing-size advantage
Ecology Learning Ctr enrolls fewer students than most Maine schools, yet its student-teacher ratio is still on the heavier side of the state distribution. Small enrollment therefore does not translate into more teacher capacity per student here. That makes staffing capacity, rather than campus scale alone, the useful interpretation. The counselor, attendance, and program indicators below help show whether the pressure is narrow or part of a broader resource constraint.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Ecology Learning Ctr 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
Ecology Learning Ctr's district reports $14,338 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.
Ecology Learning Ctr is a mid-sized charter high school in Unity, Maine, enrolling 120 students.
Class loads run heavy: 15:1 is larger than about 96% of Maine schools and 35% above the 11.1:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 33.0% lands close to the Maine typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 120 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 80 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #36.
Its student body is predominantly White (92% of enrollment) (diversity index 14/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 240 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
15.0% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Ecology Learning Center spends $14,338 per pupil, 29% below the Maine average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 15.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Ecology Learning Center is a single-school charter district, so Ecology Learning Ctr operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.
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 Ecology Learning Ctr compares
Ecology Learning Ctr on the metrics families compare, against Maine and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Maine | Maine avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 15:1 | ▲ 35% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 33.0% | ▼ 3% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 120 | top 78% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
15:1
Leaner classes than 47% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
120
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
33.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 3% 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
15:1
students per teacher
- 35% above state mean
Top 96% in Maine - lower ratio than 4% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
15.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$14,338
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
Counselors0.5 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 92.4%
Two or More 4.2%
African American 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino 1.7%
Largest group: White at 92.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 14.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 14.4, Ecology Learning Ctr is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Ecology Learning Center, which includes Ecology Learning Ctr.
$14,338
Per student
-29%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
-14%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 6.1%
State 78.8%
Federal 15.1%
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 high 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 (~120 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~15:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Ecology Learning Ctr
How many students attend Ecology Learning Ctr?
Ecology Learning Ctr has 120 students enrolled. It is a high school in Unity, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ecology Learning Ctr?
The student-teacher ratio at Ecology Learning Ctr is 15:1, which is 35% higher than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 4% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Ecology Learning Ctr?
33.0% of students at Ecology Learning Ctr are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Ecology Learning Ctr?
The largest demographic group at Ecology Learning Ctr is White at 92.4% of enrollment, in Unity, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Ecology Learning Ctr?
Ecology Learning Ctr has a Resource Investment Index of 46/100 (typical 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 Ecology Learning Center?
None; Ecology Learning Center is a single-school charter district, and Ecology Learning Ctr is its only campus.
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