District profile / Maine

RSU 75/msad 75

Topsham, Maine · Public school district · #18 of 61 Maine districts by enrollment

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2,302

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,605

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Maine median

11.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Maine median 11.6

RSU 75/msad 75 is a public school district based in Topsham, Maine, serving 2,302 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 61 Maine districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 72% of them. Its schools average 329 students each, about the same as the Maine median of 365. It spends about $17,605 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.6 students per teacher.

How RSU 75/msad 75 compares

RSU 75/msad 75Maine median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,605

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

Instruction spending per student$9,209

Maine median $9,616 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school329

Maine median 365 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.6

Maine median 11.6 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor384

Maine median 280 · 37% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$55.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 40%Local 50%

Measure	RSU 75/msad 75	Maine median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,605	$16,875	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,209	$9,616	FY2020-21
Total spending	$55.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$55.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	198	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	449	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.6	11.6	2024-25
Students per counselor	384	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 · this district	2,302	7	$17,605	11.6	#18
RSU 09Farmington	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
Sugar-Salem Joint DistrictSugar City, ID	2,302	$7,275	21.3
Flossmoor School District 161Chicago Heights, IL	2,302	$14,071	13.5
Exeter Region Cooperative School DistrictExeter, NH	2,302	$21,333	11.0
Selma CitySelma, AL	2,301	$11,658	17.8

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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