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Mount Desert Public Schools
A public school district in Bar Harbor, Maine, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 161
- Students enrolled
- 22
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 52.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $31,222
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 161 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,513th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 138th of 203 in Maine. Larger than 12% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $31,222 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 94% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Mount Desert Public Schools spent $31,057 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $14,535 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $31,057 | $4.9 million | 159 |
| FY2023 | $31,222 | $4.8 million | 153 |
| FY2022 | $31,179 | $4.5 million | 145 |
| FY2021 | $31,669 | $4.4 million | 139 |
| FY2020 | $24,247 | $3.9 million | 162 |
| FY2019 | $23,911 | $4.0 million | 169 |
| FY2018 | $21,717 | $3.9 million | 180 |
| FY2017 | $21,034 | $3.7 million | 176 |
| FY2016 | $19,527 | $3.6 million | 184 |
| FY2015 | $19,264 | $3.5 million | 182 |
| FY2014 | $17,409 | $3.2 million | 181 |
| FY2013 | $17,786 | $3.1 million | 173 |
| FY2012 | $18,779 | $3.1 million | 163 |
| FY2011 | $19,053 | $2.9 million | 152 |
| FY2010 | $18,439 | $2.7 million | 148 |
| FY2009 | $17,500 | $2.8 million | 162 |
| FY2008 | $17,215 | $2.7 million | 158 |
| FY2007 | $17,149 | $2.6 million | 154 |
| FY2006 | $15,323 | $2.4 million | 155 |
| FY2005 | $14,535 | $2.3 million | 157 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $107,000 | 2.2% |
| State | $589,000 | 12.2% |
| Local | $4.1 million | 85.6% |
| Total | $4.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Mt Desert Elementary School | 161 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 2308490
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Maine — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Maine — A to Z, each with its page.
- Maine on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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