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Wiscasset 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
83 Federal Street
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Phone
(207) 882-7767
District
WISCASSET PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
LINCOLN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
193
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

3

(10 is best)

Better than 27.3% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
81%
80%
83%
75%
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
9
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 16 8.3%
Kindergarten 35 18.1%
Grade 1 33 17.1%
Grade 2 21 10.9%
Grade 3 20 10.4%
Grade 4 28 14.5%
Grade 5 40 20.7%
Total 193 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.4% 94.9% 90.3%
Black 2.1% 2.8% 4.4%
Hispanic 0.0% 0.2% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 1.6% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.5% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 23.3% 23.9% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 23.3% 23.9% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 3,733 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.6% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 9.5% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.2% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 24.2% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,634 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.4% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.9% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.8% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.3% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 22.8% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.5% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.6% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 14.0% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,448 $5,907,168 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $531,996 5.3%
Staff $744 $383,904 3.9%
General Administration $963 $496,908 5.0%
School Administration $723 $373,068 3.8%
Operation $2,469 $1,274,004 12.8%
Transportation $938 $484,008 4.9%
Other $151 $77,916 0.8%
Total Support $7,019 $3,621,804 36.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $808 $416,928 4.2%
Total Expenditures $19,275 $9,945,900 100.0%
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%