Mt Desert CSD
A public school district in Bar Harbor, Maine, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 454
- Students enrolled
- 55.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 128.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $24,737
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 454 in 2024–25
- Ranks 11,462nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 92nd of 203 in Maine. Larger than 35% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $24,737 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 86% 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
Mt Desert CSD spent $24,737 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,341 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.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $24,737 | $12.2 million | 495 |
| FY2022 | $22,547 | $11.5 million | 508 |
| FY2021 | $20,650 | $11.0 million | 535 |
| FY2020 | $18,959 | $10.1 million | 533 |
| FY2019 | $18,013 | $9.9 million | 547 |
| FY2018 | $19,829 | $10.7 million | 539 |
| FY2017 | $23,635 | $9.6 million | 405 |
| FY2016 | $22,083 | $8.8 million | 399 |
| FY2015 | $21,240 | $8.8 million | 412 |
| FY2014 | $18,725 | $8.2 million | 437 |
| FY2013 | $18,614 | $7.9 million | 425 |
| FY2012 | $20,216 | $8.5 million | 422 |
| FY2011 | $19,762 | $8.6 million | 437 |
| FY2010 | $21,666 | $9.1 million | 422 |
| FY2009 | $18,949 | $8.1 million | 428 |
| FY2008 | $20,535 | $9.3 million | 454 |
| FY2007 | $12,192 | $7.9 million | 646 |
| FY2006 | $10,917 | $7.5 million | 685 |
| FY2005 | $10,341 | $7.2 million | 701 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $522.0 thousand | 3.8% |
| State | $1.6 million | 11.6% |
| Local | $11.5 million | 84.6% |
| Total | $13.6 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 Island High School | 453 |
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
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2308500
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 25, 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 2023
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 2023.
Data retrieved