State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Maine Maine Department of Education, State House Station no 23, Augusta, ME 04333-0023	Download, view and print Maine's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner J. Duke Albanese, (207) 287-5114
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison James E. Watkins, (207) 287-5841
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator James E. Watkins, (207) 287-5841

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


211,817	213,593	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
749	721	Public schools
14,204	15,551	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
33,215	33,215	Land area in square miles
6.4	6.4	Public school students per square mile
2.3	2.2	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

1,185	1,239	State population (in thousands)
$2,416	$4,199	State revenue per capita
$2,076	$3,576	State expenditure per capita
$363	$502	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$96,171	$126,956	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	298	100%	326	Total public education agencies
67.1%	200	87.1%	284	Regular school districts
32.6%	97	12.3%	40	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.3%	1	State-operated agencies
0.3%	1	0.3%	1	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	25 to 99 schools
3.7%	11	2.8%	9	10 to 24 schools
17.4%	52	16.3%	53	5 to 9 schools
57.4%	171	54.0%	176	1 to 4 schools
21.5%	64	27.0%	88	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	749	100%	721	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
92.9%	696	96.1%	693	Regular schools
0.1%	1	0.1%	1	Special education schools
3.7%	28	3.7%	27	Vocational schools
3.2%	24	0.0%	0	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

34.7%	260	34.7%	250	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
15.0%	112	15.3%	110	PK, K, 1 to 8
10.8%	81	12.8%	92	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
3.7%	28	3.1%	22	7 to 8, 9
2.7%	20	2.1%	15	7, 8 to 12
11.7%	88	13.0%	94	9, 10, 11 to 12
17.1%	128	14.8%	107	Other grades
0.4%	3	0.1%	1	Ungraded
3.9%	29	4.2%	30	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


1,620	828	Prekindergarten
16,988	15,864	Kindergarten
18,227	17,116	First
15,792	16,601	Second
15,496	16,826	Third
15,165	16,621	Fourth
14,812	17,421	Fifth
14,596	17,512	Sixth
15,330	17,481	Seventh
15,204	17,124	Eighth
16,651	15,849	Ninth
16,647	15,010	Tenth
16,541	13,562	Eleventh
15,567	12,851	Twelfth
3,181	2,927	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	14.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	24.5%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.5%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

78.9%	13,692	95.1%	11,795	Regular diploma
	—	1.7%	212	Other diploma
16.6%	2,888	3.1%	379	High school equivalency
4.4%	771	0.2%	19	Other completers
	—		3.1%	Dropouts
			61.5%	Dropouts who were male
			2.9%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

232.2	284.1	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
24.5%	22.6%	Students below basic level
75.5%	77.4%	Students at or above basic level
27.5%	31.2%	Students at or above proficient level
2.8%	5.5%	Students at advanced level
—	163.0	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	22.5%	Students below basic level
	77.5%	Students at or above basic level
	41.5%	Students at or above proficient level
	4.1%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	24,410	100%	30,246	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
58.2%	14,204	51.4%	15,551	Teachers
11.0%	2,683	14.2%	4,286	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.8%	441	2.0%	593	Guidance counselors/directors
1.9%	463	2.0%	605	Librarians/library support
6.2%	1,508	5.8%	1,750	Administrative support
15.5%	3,781	19.9%	6,016	Other support services
				Administrators
3.4%	838	2.9%	880	School-based
2.0%	492	1.9%	565	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.0%	1.0%	Public school teachers with no degree
69.0%	68.8%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
26.7%	28.4%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.3%	1.8%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$10,946	$18,629	National school lunch
$840	$3,253	National school breakfast
$22,157	$29,143	Title I
$9,902	$18,324	Education for the handicapped
$5,564	$7,759	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$10,289	School improvement
$3,196	$2,984	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$641	$694	Bilingual education
$55	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$886,378	$1,499,504	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,185	$7,020	Revenue per pupil in membership
$839,860	$1,351,500	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,965	$6,327	Current expenditure per pupil in membership