School district · Maine

Scarborough Public Schools

Scarborough Public Schools in Maine: 6 public schools with 2,865 students and 10.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $22,172 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 6
Students: 2,865
Students per teacher: 10.8; ME 11.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $22,172; 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): 266
Counselors (FTE): 10.0
Students per counselor: 287; ME 277 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 3.8; 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%

83%proficient

+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 90% of school districts in Maine

Median 65% · 171 school districts compared

1,291 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maine: 50%

73%proficient

+6.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 93% of school districts in Maine

Median 49% · 166 school districts compared

1,293 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

$13.5K15

$14.0K16

$15.1K17

$15.6K18

$16.3K19

$16.8K20

$18.7K21

$19.8K22

$20.9K23

$22.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 1.9% · $1.3M
State: 16% · $10.8M
Local: 82% · $54.9M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $14,457
Support services: $6,988
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $1.8M
Long-term debt: $34.7M

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
Blue Point SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	214	10.2	—	—	Scarborough
Eight Corners Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–2	241	10.4	—	—	Scarborough
Pleasant Hill SchoolFree meals for all	K–2	180	11.3	—	—	Scarborough
Wentworth SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	664	10.9	83%	83%	Scarborough
Scarborough Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	663	10.6	82%	62%	Scarborough
Scarborough High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	903	11.0	—	—	Scarborough

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: 259 Us Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074
Phone: (207)730-4100

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.