Enrollment
138
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Limestone, ME
Limestone Community School
Federal NCES profile for Limestone Community School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 231484223169
👥 S:T ratio 60
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Limestone Community School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 71% of Maine schools.
- 30
- Resource Index · Lower
- 9.9:1
- small classes for Maine
- 55.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 138
- students enrolled
Limestone Community School has class sizes smaller than 71% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Limestone Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 231484223169 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.9:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-11% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
55.0%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
+62% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Limestone Community School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Limestone Community School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Limestone Community School 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
Limestone Community School 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
Limestone Community School's 44.2% 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.
Limestone Community School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Limestone, Maine, enrolling 138 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Economic need is high: 55.0% of students qualify for free meals, 62% above the Maine average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.
Enrollment of 138 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index trails 95% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.
Among 59 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Maine schools statewide, it ranks #54, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 31/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 44.2% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Limestone Public Schools spends $25,170 per pupil, 25% above the Maine average, a better-resourced district than most.
Limestone Public Schools operates only this one school, so Limestone Community School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
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 Limestone Community School compares
Limestone Community 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 | 9.9:1 | ▼ 11% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 55.0% | ▲ 62% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 138 | top 74% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.9:1
Leaner classes than 89% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
138
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
55.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 62% 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
9.9:1
students per teacher
- 11% below state mean
Top 29% in Maine - lower ratio than 71% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
44.2%
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
$25,170
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
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 82.6%
Two or More 5.1%
African American 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2.2%
Asian 1.4%
Largest group: White at 82.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 31.1/100
Simpson diversity index - at 31.1, Limestone Community School is more mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Limestone Public Schools, which includes Limestone Community School.
$25,170
Per student
+25%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+52%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 33.4%
State 58.8%
Federal 7.8%
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 (~138 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.9:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Limestone Community School
How many students attend Limestone Community School?
Limestone Community School has 138 students enrolled. It is a public school in Limestone, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Limestone Community School?
The student-teacher ratio at Limestone Community School is 9.9:1, which is 11% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 37% 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 Limestone Community School?
55.0% of students at Limestone Community School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Limestone Community School?
The largest demographic group at Limestone Community School is White at 82.6% of enrollment, in Limestone, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Limestone Community School?
Limestone Community School has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (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 Limestone Public Schools?
None reported; Limestone Public Schools operates only Limestone Community School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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