Enrollment
29
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Elementary school (grades K-5) · Swans Island, ME
Swans Island Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Swans Island Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 64/100.
2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 231191001056
👥 S:T ratio 71
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 71
📋 Attendance 83
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Swans Island Elementary School earns 64/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Maine schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Maine.
- 64
- Resource Index · Higher
- 7.3:1
- small classes for Maine
- 8.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 29
- students enrolled
Swans Island Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 91% of Maine schools. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.3:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
-34% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
8.0%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-76% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Swans Island Elementary School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Swans Island Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Swans Island 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
Swans Island 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
6.9% of Swans Island 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.
Swans Island Elementary School is a lower-poverty, small elementary school in Swans Island, Maine, enrolling 29 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.3:1, Swans Island Elementary 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.
Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 8.0% free-meal eligibility runs 76% below the Maine average.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 96% of Maine schools, with 29 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 96% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (86% of enrollment) (diversity index 24/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 145 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 6.9% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Msad 76 spends $61,474 per pupil, 206% above the Maine average, a better-resourced district than most.
Msad 76 operates only this one school, so Swans Island Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 29 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 Swans Island Elementary School compares
Swans Island 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 | 7.3:1 | ▼ 34% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 8.0% | ▼ 76% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 29 | top 96% | - | - |
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.
29
Bigger than 4% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
8.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 76% 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
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
6.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$61,474
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
Counselors0.2 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 86.2%
Two or More 13.8%
Largest group: White at 86.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 23.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 23.8, Swans Island Elementary School is more mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Msad 76, which includes Swans Island Elementary School.
$61,474
Per student
+206%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+270%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 85.6%
State 11.4%
Federal 3.0%
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 elementary 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 (~29 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Swans Island Elementary School
How many students attend Swans Island Elementary School?
Swans Island Elementary School has 29 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Swans Island, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swans Island Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Swans Island Elementary 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 Swans Island Elementary School?
8.0% of students at Swans Island Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Swans Island Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Swans Island Elementary School is White at 86.2% of enrollment, in Swans Island, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Swans Island Elementary School?
Swans Island Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 64/100 (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 Msad 76?
None reported; Msad 76 operates only Swans Island Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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