School district · Maine

RSU 13

RSU 13 in Maine: 6 public schools with 1,508 students and 9.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $24,549 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6
Students: 1,508
Students per teacher: 9.3; ME 11.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $24,549; ME $20.4K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 162
Counselors (FTE): 6.6
Students per counselor: 229; ME 277 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 3.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maine's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maine: 65%

70%proficient

+4.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 73% of school districts in Maine

Median 65% · 171 school districts compared

630 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maine: 50%

53%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 62% of school districts in Maine

Median 49% · 166 school districts compared

632 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$14.7K15

$15.6K16

$16.6K17

$18.2K18

$19.1K19

$19.4K20

$21.6K21

$22.8K22

$23.4K23

$24.5K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 18% · $8.7M
State: 22% · $10.8M
Local: 60% · $29.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $14,119
Support services: $9,699
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $4.9M
Long-term debt: $12.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 4Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Ash Point Community SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	158	10.3	77%	78%	Owls Head
Cushing Community SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	74	7.6	79%	74%	Cushing
South SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	311	9.4	64%	53%	Rockland
Thomaston Grammar SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	164	8.6	79%	65%	Thomaston
Oceanside Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	307	8.0	65%	38%	Thomaston
Oceanside High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	494	10.7	—	—	Rockland

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 28 Lincoln Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Phone: (207)596-6620

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.