Enrollment
57
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Machiasport, ME
Fort O'brien School
Federal NCES profile for Fort O'brien School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230006700561
👥 S:T ratio 62
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 43
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Fort O'brien School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Maine schools.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 9.5:1
- small classes for Maine
- 46.9%
- free-lunch eligible
- 57
- students enrolled
Fort O'brien School has class sizes smaller than 76% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Machiasport Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230006700561 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.5:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-14% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
46.9%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
+38% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Fort O'brien School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Fort O'brien School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Fort O'brien 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
Fort O'brien 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
Fort O'brien School's district reports $13,936 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.
Fort O'brien School is a small combined-grade school in Machiasport, Maine, enrolling 57 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.5:1 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 46.9% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Maine schools, with 57 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 569 scored Maine schools.
Against 24 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #11.
Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment) (diversity index 0/100).
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.8% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The surrounding Machiasport Public Schools spends $13,936 per pupil, 31% below the Maine average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Machiasport Public Schools operates only this one school, so Fort O'brien 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 Fort O'brien School compares
Fort O'brien 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 | 9.5:1 | ▼ 14% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 46.9% | ▲ 38% | 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
9.5:1
Leaner classes than 91% 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
46.9%
free-lunch eligible
- 38% above the Maine average of 34.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
9.5:1
students per teacher
- 14% below state mean
Top 24% in Maine - lower ratio than 76% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.8%
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
$13,936
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
Counselors0.0 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 100.0%
Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 0.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Fort O'brien School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Machiasport Public Schools, which includes Fort O'brien School.
$13,936
Per student
-31%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
-16%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 70.3%
State 16.9%
Federal 12.9%
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)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.5:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Fort O'brien School
How many students attend Fort O'brien School?
Fort O'brien School has 57 students enrolled. It is a public school in Machiasport, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort O'brien School?
The student-teacher ratio at Fort O'brien School is 9.5:1, which is 14% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 39% 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 Fort O'brien School?
46.9% of students at Fort O'brien School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Fort O'brien School?
The largest demographic group at Fort O'brien School is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Machiasport, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Fort O'brien School?
Fort O'brien School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (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 Machiasport Public Schools?
None reported; Machiasport Public Schools operates only Fort O'brien School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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