Enrollment
134
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Surry, ME
Surry Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Surry Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 56/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 231275000993
👥 S:T ratio 66
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 33
📋 Attendance 96
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Surry Elementary School earns 56/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 85% of Maine schools.
- 56
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.4:1
- small classes for Maine
- 19.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 134
- students enrolled
Surry Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 85% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Surry Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 231275000993 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.4:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-24% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
19.4%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-43% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Surry Elementary School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Surry Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Surry Elementary 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.
Lower need and stronger resource signals align
Surry Elementary School reports lower free-meal eligibility than most Maine schools and an above-typical Resource Investment Index. The two measures move together, a pattern consistent with the resource advantages that often accompany a lower-need intake. That association should not be mistaken for a causal verdict about the school; it is a transparent description of how this campus sits on two independent federal-data dimensions.
Attendance is a relative strength
1.5% of Surry Elementary School students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 civil-rights collection. On its face, that is a comparatively low historical rate, though this page does not treat it as a current national benchmark or guarantee current-year performance. Here, attendance is a more distinctive signal than the presence or absence of any single specialist role.
Surry Elementary School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Surry, Maine, enrolling 134 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.4:1, Surry Elementary School is leaner than roughly 85% of Maine schools and 24% under the state's 11.1:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 19.4% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 134 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 569 scored Maine schools.
Against 70 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #17.
Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment) (diversity index 6/100).
Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 335 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.
Attendance holds up well here: only 1.5% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Surry Public Schools spends $10,872 per pupil, 46% below the Maine average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Surry Public Schools operates only this one school, so Surry Elementary 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 Surry Elementary School compares
Surry Elementary 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 | 8.4:1 | ▼ 24% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 19.4% | ▼ 43% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 134 | top 75% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.4:1
Leaner classes than 94% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
134
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
19.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 43% 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
8.4:1
students per teacher
- 24% below state mean
Top 15% in Maine - lower ratio than 85% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
1.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$10,872
per pupil, district-wide
- below Maine avg of $20,083
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.4 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.2 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 97.0%
Hispanic or Latino 2.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.7%
Largest group: White at 97.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 5.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 5.9, Surry Elementary School is less mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Surry Public Schools, which includes Surry Elementary School.
$10,872
Per student
-46%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
-34%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 85.2%
State 11.2%
Federal 3.6%
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 (~134 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Surry Elementary School
How many students attend Surry Elementary School?
Surry Elementary School has 134 students enrolled. It is a public school in Surry, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Surry Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Surry Elementary School is 8.4:1, which is 24% lower than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 46% 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 Surry Elementary School?
19.4% of students at Surry Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Surry Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Surry Elementary School is White at 97.0% of enrollment, in Surry, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Surry Elementary School?
Surry Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 56/100 (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 Surry Public Schools?
None reported; Surry Public Schools operates only Surry Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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