Enrollment
191
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Rangeley, ME
Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Federal NCES profile for Rangeley Lakes Regional School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 231480300291
👥 S:T ratio 65
🌟 Gifted program 70
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Rangeley Lakes Regional School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 83% of Maine schools.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 8.7:1
- small classes for Maine
- 15.7%
- free-lunch eligible
- 191
- students enrolled
Rangeley Lakes Regional School has class sizes smaller than 83% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.7:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-22% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
15.7%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-54% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Rangeley Lakes Regional School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Rangeley Lakes Regional School
Teacher staffing is the clearest operational strength
Rangeley Lakes Regional School's enrollment is not at an extreme, but its student-teacher ratio is: it reports fewer students per teacher than most Maine schools. This is the most distinctive scale-adjusted signal in the federal record. It should be read as staffing capacity, not class size or an academic outcome; the page separately reports attendance, program access, demographics, and district finance so a single favorable ratio does not become an unsupported overall rating.
Need and resources require a component-level read
Rangeley Lakes Regional 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.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Rangeley Lakes Regional School's 44.0% 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.
Rangeley Lakes Regional School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Rangeley, Maine, enrolling 191 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 8.7:1 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by student-teacher ratio.
Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 15.7% free-meal eligibility runs 54% below the Maine average.
With 191 students, its enrollment sits close to the Maine median campus size.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 569 scored Maine schools.
Against 91 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #48.
Its student body is predominantly White (93% of enrollment) (diversity index 13/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 44.0% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Rsu 78 spends $25,123 per pupil, 25% above the Maine average, a better-resourced district than most.
Rsu 78 operates only this one school, so Rangeley Lakes Regional 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 Rangeley Lakes Regional School compares
Rangeley Lakes Regional 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 | 8.7:1 | ▼ 22% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 15.7% | ▼ 54% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 191 | top 61% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.7:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
191
Bigger than 19% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
15.7%
free-lunch eligible
- 54% below the Maine average of 34.0%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
8.7:1
students per teacher
- 22% below state mean
Top 17% in Maine - lower ratio than 83% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
44.0%
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
$25,123
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
1
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 1.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 93.2%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
Two or More 1.6%
African American 1.0%
Largest group: White at 93.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 12.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 12.9, Rangeley Lakes Regional School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Rsu 78, which includes Rangeley Lakes Regional School.
$25,123
Per student
+25%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+51%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 82.2%
State 10.5%
Federal 7.3%
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 (~191 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Rangeley Lakes Regional School
How many students attend Rangeley Lakes Regional School?
Rangeley Lakes Regional School has 191 students enrolled. It is a public school in Rangeley, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rangeley Lakes Regional School?
The student-teacher ratio at Rangeley Lakes Regional School is 8.7:1, which is 22% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 45% 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 Rangeley Lakes Regional School?
15.7% of students at Rangeley Lakes Regional School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Rangeley Lakes Regional School?
The largest demographic group at Rangeley Lakes Regional School is White at 93.2% of enrollment, in Rangeley, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Rangeley Lakes Regional School?
Rangeley Lakes Regional 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 Rsu 78?
None reported; Rsu 78 operates only Rangeley Lakes Regional School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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