Enrollment
51
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Georgetown, ME
Georgetown Central School
Federal NCES profile for Georgetown Central School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 67/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230597000154
👥 S:T ratio 71
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 75
📋 Attendance 51
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Georgetown Central School earns 67/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Maine schools.
- 67
- Resource Index · Higher
- 7.3:1
- small classes for Maine
- 29.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 51
- students enrolled
Georgetown Central School has class sizes smaller than 91% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Georgetown Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230597000154 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
7.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.3:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-34% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
29.4%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-14% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Georgetown Central School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Georgetown Central School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Georgetown Central 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.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Georgetown Central School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most Maine schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Georgetown Central School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Georgetown Central School is a small combined-grade school in Georgetown, Maine, enrolling 51 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.3:1, Georgetown Central School is leaner than roughly 91% of Maine schools and 34% under the state's 11.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 29.4% 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 94% of Maine schools, with 51 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 98% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 18 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #3.
Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment) (diversity index 8/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 128 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 19.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
The surrounding Georgetown Public Schools spends $33,000 per pupil, 64% above the Maine average, a better-resourced district than most.
Georgetown Public Schools operates only this one school, so Georgetown Central School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 51 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 Georgetown Central School compares
Georgetown Central 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 | 7.3:1 | ▼ 34% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 29.4% | ▼ 14% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 51 | top 94% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
7.3:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
51
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
29.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 14% 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
7.3:1
students per teacher
- 34% below state mean
Top 9% in Maine - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
19.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$33,000
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
Counselors0.4 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 96.1%
Hispanic or Latino 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.0%
Largest group: White at 96.1% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 7.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 7.6, Georgetown Central School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Georgetown Public Schools, which includes Georgetown Central School.
$33,000
Per student
+64%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+99%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 83.9%
State 8.2%
Federal 7.9%
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 (~51 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Georgetown Central School
How many students attend Georgetown Central School?
Georgetown Central School has 51 students enrolled. It is a public school in Georgetown, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Georgetown Central School?
The student-teacher ratio at Georgetown Central School is 7.3:1, which is 34% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 54% 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 Georgetown Central School?
29.4% of students at Georgetown Central School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Georgetown Central School?
The largest demographic group at Georgetown Central School is White at 96.1% of enrollment, in Georgetown, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Georgetown Central School?
Georgetown Central School has a Resource Investment Index of 67/100 (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 Georgetown Public Schools?
None reported; Georgetown Public Schools operates only Georgetown Central School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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