Enrollment
167
Maine · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Veazie, ME
Veazie Community School
Federal NCES profile for Veazie Community School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 66/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 231314000384
👥 S:T ratio 56
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 67
📋 Attendance 70
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Veazie Community School earns 66/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Maine median.
- 66
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11.1:1
- students per teacher
- 23.3%
- free-lunch eligible
- 167
- students enrolled
Veazie Community School has class sizes near the Maine median. Computed live against every Maine school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Veazie Public Schools · Maine
NCES ID 231314000384 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.1:1
vs 11.1:1 Maine avg
+0% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
23.3%
vs 34.0% Maine avg
-31% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Veazie Community School compares with Maine and U.S. medians
What stands out at Veazie Community School
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Veazie 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.
Lower need and stronger resource signals align
Veazie Community 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.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Veazie Community School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Veazie Community School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Veazie, Maine, enrolling 167 students.
At 11.1:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Maine median, within a few percentage points of the 11.1:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 23.3% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 167 puts it in the smaller third of Maine schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 97% of the 569 Maine schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Among 110 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Maine schools statewide, it ranks #4, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (85% of enrollment) (diversity index 27/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 167 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
12.0% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Veazie Public Schools operates only this one school, so Veazie 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 Veazie Community School compares
Veazie 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 | 11.1:1 | ▼ 0% | 11.1:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 23.3% | ▼ 31% | 34.0% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 167 | top 69% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11.1:1
Leaner classes than 82% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
167
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
23.3%
free-lunch eligible
- 31% 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
11.1:1
students per teacher
- 0% above state mean
Top 54% in Maine - lower ratio than 46% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
12.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$17,665
per pupil, district-wide
- below Maine avg of $20,083
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 167 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 85.0%
Hispanic or Latino 7.2%
Two or More 4.8%
Asian 1.8%
African American 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.6%
Largest group: White at 85.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 27.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 27.0, Veazie Community School is more mixed than the Maine school average of 20.6.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Veazie Public Schools, which includes Veazie Community School.
$17,665
Per student
-12%
vs Maine
Avg $20,083
+6%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 61.8%
State 31.9%
Federal 6.3%
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 (~167 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11.1:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Veazie Community School
How many students attend Veazie Community School?
Veazie Community School has 167 students enrolled. It is a public school in Veazie, ME.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Veazie Community School?
The student-teacher ratio at Veazie Community School is 11.1:1, which is 0% higher than the Maine average of 11.1:1 and 29% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Veazie Community School?
23.3% of students at Veazie Community School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Maine average of 34.0%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Veazie Community School?
The largest demographic group at Veazie Community School is White at 85.0% of enrollment, in Veazie, ME.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Veazie Community School?
Veazie Community School has a Resource Investment Index of 66/100 (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 Veazie Public Schools?
None reported; Veazie Public Schools operates only Veazie Community School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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