District profile / Maine

RSU 09

Farmington, Maine · Public school district · #19 of 61 Maine districts by enrollment

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2,277

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,739

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Maine median

10.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Maine median 11.6

RSU 09 is a public school district based in Farmington, Maine, serving 2,277 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 61 Maine districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 285 students each, fewer than the Maine median of 365. It spends about $16,739 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.6 students per teacher.

How RSU 09 compares

RSU 09Maine median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,739

Maine median $16,875 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,938

Maine median $9,616 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school285

Maine median 365 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.6

Maine median 11.6 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor380

Maine median 280 · 36% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 55%Local 30%

Measure	RSU 09	Maine median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,739	$16,875	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,938	$9,616	FY2020-21
Total spending	$41.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	214	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	551	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.6	11.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	380	280	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Maine median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Maine

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Westbrook Public SchoolsWestbrook	2,348	6	$18,017	10.2	#17
RSU 75/msad 75Topsham	2,302	7	$17,605	11.6	#18
RSU 09Farmington · this district	2,277	8	$16,739	10.6	#19
RSU 21Kennebunk	2,262	6	$17,131	11.3	#20
RSU 51/msad 51Cumberland	2,236	4	$19,104	10.9	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School DistrictAdel, IA	2,278	$9,818	13.9
KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCamden, NJ	2,278	$17,836	18.2
Delhi UnifiedDelhi, CA	2,276	$13,877	17.8
Bourbonnais School District 53Bourbonnais, IL	2,276	$14,773	14.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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