Maine · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Maine
The 50 Maine districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $26,788
- Top per-pupil spend
- $20,470
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Rsu 23 spends $26,788 per student, the most of any Maine district listed, against an average of $20,470 across the top 50.
- $26,788
- top spend (Rsu 23)
- $17,810
- lowest on this list
- 1.5×
- spread across the listed districts
- 666
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rsu 23Old Orchard Beach | $26,788 |
| 2 | Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr CsdBoothbay Harbor | $26,220 |
| 3 | York Public SchoolsYork | $24,422 |
| 4 | Rsu 13Rockland | $23,183 |
| 5 | Rsu 01 - LkrsuBath | $23,104 |
| 6 | Rsu 24Sullivan | $22,868 |
| 7 | Falmouth Public SchoolsFalmouth | $22,460 |
| 8 | Rsu 54/Msad 54Skowhegan | $22,180 |
| 9 | Kittery Public SchoolsKittery | $22,127 |
| 10 | Rsu 28/Msad 28Camden | $22,053 |
| 11 | Westbrook Public SchoolsWestbrook | $21,627 |
| 12 | Rsu 59/Msad 59Madison | $21,577 |
| 13 | Waterville Public SchoolsWaterville | $21,367 |
| 14 | Portland Public SchoolsPortland | $21,356 |
| 15 | Rsu 74/Msad 74North Anson | $21,259 |
| 16 | Rsu 61/Msad 61Bridgton | $21,203 |
| 17 | Yarmouth SchoolsYarmouth | $21,119 |
| 18 | Rsu 51/Msad 51Cumberland | $21,107 |
| 19 | Brunswick Public SchoolsBrunswick | $21,082 |
| 20 | Rsu 41/Msad 41Lagrange | $20,956 |
| 21 | Cape Elizabeth Public SchoolsCape Elizabeth | $20,822 |
| 22 | Scarborough Public SchoolsScarborough | $20,793 |
| 23 | Msad 46Dexter | $20,452 |
| 24 | Winslow SchoolsWinslow | $20,418 |
| 25 | Rsu 37/Msad 37Harrington | $20,282 |
| 26 | Rsu 21Kennebunk | $20,211 |
| 27 | Wells-Ogunquit CsdWells | $20,028 |
| 28 | Calais Public SchoolsCalais | $19,955 |
| 29 | Rsu 10Rumford | $19,761 |
| 30 | Rsu 40/Msad 40Union | $19,717 |
| 31 | Rsu 25Bucksport | $19,676 |
| 32 | Biddeford Public SchoolsBiddeford | $19,349 |
| 33 | Five Town CsdCamden | $19,305 |
| 34 | Rsu 58/Msad 58Phillips | $19,164 |
| 35 | Lewiston Public SchoolsLewiston | $19,006 |
| 36 | Rsu 80/Msad 04Guilford | $18,942 |
| 37 | Ellsworth Public SchoolsEllsworth | $18,856 |
| 38 | Rsu 26Orono | $18,843 |
| 39 | Rsu 75/Msad 75Topsham | $18,828 |
| 40 | Rsu 71Belfast | $18,742 |
| 41 | Winthrop Public SchoolsWinthrop | $18,625 |
| 42 | Rsu 34Old Town | $18,568 |
| 43 | Rsu 44/Msad 44Bethel | $18,446 |
| 44 | Rsu 14Windham | $18,374 |
| 45 | South Portland Public SchoolsSouth Portland | $18,364 |
| 46 | Rsu 38Readfield | $18,311 |
| 47 | Rsu 04Wales | $17,984 |
| 48 | Rsu 60/Msad 60North Berwick | $17,959 |
| 49 | Gorham Public SchoolsGorham | $17,843 |
| 50 | Rsu 56Dixfield | $17,810 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.