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South 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
30 Broadway
Rockland, ME 04841
Phone
(207) 596-2020
District
RSU 13
County
KNOX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
278
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.6% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

South School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
81%
83%
83%
71%
79%
    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
8
9
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 22 7.9%
Kindergarten 42 15.1%
Grade 1 43 15.5%
Grade 2 45 16.2%
Grade 3 44 15.8%
Grade 4 30 10.8%
Grade 5 52 18.7%
Total 278 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.8% 95.6% 90.3%
Black 1.1% 1.3% 4.4%
Hispanic 3.0% 2.1% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.6% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 57.9% 34.0% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 52.2% 29.6% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.8% 4.4% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 13,959 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.9% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.9% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 25.4% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,593 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.5% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.7% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.2% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.8% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.8% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 10.8% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,525 $18,785,750 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,671 $2,723,730 7.5%
Staff $966 $1,574,580 4.4%
General Administration $621 $1,012,230 2.8%
School Administration $1,021 $1,664,230 4.6%
Operation $1,917 $3,124,710 8.6%
Transportation $827 $1,348,010 3.7%
Other $214 $348,820 1.0%
Total Support $7,237 $11,796,310 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,413 $5,563,190 15.4%
Total Expenditures $22,174 $36,143,620 100.0%
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%