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Pownal Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
587 Elmwood Road
Pownal, ME 04069
Phone
(207) 688-4832
District
RSU 05
County
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
108
Classroom Teachers
11

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Pownal Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

100 80 60 40 20 0
No Data
82%
No Data
83%
No Data
82%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
12
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 11 10.2%
Kindergarten 20 18.5%
Grade 1 15 13.9%
Grade 2 16 14.8%
Grade 3 16 14.8%
Grade 4 14 13.0%
Grade 5 16 14.8%
Total 108 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.2% 93.8% 90.3%
Black 2.9% 1.5% 4.4%
Hispanic 1.9% 1.6% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 2.4% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.7% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 20.4% 18.0% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 12.0% 13.9% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.3% 4.1% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,357 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.0% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.5% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.8% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,696 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.5% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.3% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.9% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.4% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.1% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 5.4% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,491 $19,105,383 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,295 $2,606,835 7.6%
Staff $931 $1,874,103 5.5%
General Administration $497 $1,000,461 2.9%
School Administration $890 $1,791,570 5.3%
Operation $1,550 $3,120,150 9.2%
Transportation $500 $1,006,500 3.0%
Other $162 $326,106 1.0%
Total Support $5,827 $11,729,751 34.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,621 $3,263,073 9.6%
Total Expenditures $16,939 $34,098,207 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,013 $1,557,312,775 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,171 $202,240,927 6.5%
Staff $757 $130,713,784 4.2%
General Administration $584 $100,966,397 3.3%
School Administration $887 $153,312,959 4.9%
Operation $1,572 $271,525,927 8.8%
Transportation $761 $131,487,161 4.2%
Other $213 $36,725,172 1.2%
Total Support $5,944 $1,026,977,106 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,977 $514,438,405 16.6%
Total Expenditures $17,934 $3,098,714,625 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%