Enrollment
57
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Harmony, ME
Harmony Elementary
Federal NCES profile for Harmony Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 29/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 230633000167
👥 S:T ratio 54
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 3
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Harmony Elementary earns 29/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Maine median.
- 29
- Resource Index · Lower
- 11.4:1
- students per teacher
- 70.7%
- free-lunch eligible
- 57
- students enrolled
Harmony Elementary has class sizes near the Maine median. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Harmony Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 230633000167 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
5.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.4:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
+3% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
70.7%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
+108% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Harmony Elementary compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Harmony Elementary
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Harmony Elementary is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among Maine schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Higher need meets a leaner resource profile
Harmony Elementary combines above-typical economic need with a Resource Investment Index in the lower part of the Maine distribution. This is the page's clearest equity tension: the population indicated by free-meal eligibility may require more support, while the reported staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance inputs produce a comparatively lean composite. The index is not an academic grade, but the mismatch is a concrete reason to inspect each component closely.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Harmony Elementary's 38.6% 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.
Harmony Elementary is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Harmony, Maine, enrolling 57 students.
Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 11.4:1 puts it in the larger third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need is high: 70.7% of students qualify for free meals, 108% above the Maine average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 92% of Maine schools, with 57 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index trails 97% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (93% of enrollment) (diversity index 13/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 38.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Harmony Public Schools operates only this one school, so Harmony Elementary 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 Harmony Elementary compares
Harmony Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Maine and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Maine | Maine avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11.4:1 | ▲ 3% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 70.7% | ▲ 108% | 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
11.4:1
Leaner classes than 80% 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
70.7%
free-lunch eligible
- 108% above the Maine average of 34.0%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
11.4:1
students per teacher
- 3% above state mean
Top 61% in Maine - lower ratio than 39% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
38.6%
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
$17,408
per pupil, district-wide
- below Maine avg of $20,083
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
8
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 14.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 15.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 93.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Two or More 3.5%
Largest group: White at 93.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 13.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 13.3, Harmony Elementary is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Harmony Public Schools, which includes Harmony Elementary.
$17,408
Per student
-13%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 37.0%
State 50.6%
Federal 12.4%
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 (~11.4:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Harmony Elementary
How many students attend Harmony Elementary?
Harmony Elementary has 57 students enrolled. It is a public school in Harmony, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony Elementary?
The student-teacher ratio at Harmony Elementary is 11.4:1, which is 3% higher than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Harmony Elementary?
70.7% of students at Harmony Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Harmony Elementary?
The largest demographic group at Harmony Elementary is White at 93.0% of enrollment, in Harmony, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Harmony Elementary?
Harmony Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 29/100 (lower 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 Harmony Public Schools?
None reported; Harmony Public Schools operates only Harmony Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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