Regular local school district · Waldo County
Appleton Public Schools, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
Appleton Public Schools runs 1 public school with 132 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 7.3 students per teacher is 4.2 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 132
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 7.3
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2561 Atlantic Highway, Lincolnville, ME 04849
- Phone
- (207)763-3818
- County
- Waldo County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2302510
- State district ID
- ME-9
- Total staff (FTE)
- 42
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 132 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.3
Maine11.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (128), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $428,000
- State revenue
- $1.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $3.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,312
- Salaries
- $1.5 million48.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $50,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.4%
- State: 38.7%
- Local: 48.9%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,312
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in Appleton Public Schools
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Appleton Village School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 132 | 7.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Waldo County
- RSU 71 1,396 students
- RSU 03/MSAD 03 983 students
- RSU 20 396 students
- Lincolnville Public Schools 212 students
- Hope Public Schools 140 students
- Ecology Learning Center 120 students
- Northport Public Schools 98 students
- Islesboro Public Schools 64 students
- Dennistown Plt Public Schools 0 students
- Waldo-Region 7
More in Maine
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.