Regular local school district · Lincoln County
Great Salt Bay CSD, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
Great Salt Bay CSD runs 1 public school with 397 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 397
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 559 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME 04543
- Phone
- (207)506-3044
- County
- Lincoln County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2306160
- State district ID
- ME-1054
- Total staff (FTE)
- 85
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 397 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.0
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 (383), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $898,000
- State revenue
- $940,000
- Local revenue
- $4.8 million
- Total spending
- $6.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,979
- Salaries
- $3.5 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.6%
- State: 14.2%
- Local: 72.2%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,979
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in Great Salt Bay CSD
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Great Salt Bay Community School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 397 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln County
- RSU 12 1,140 students
- Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr CSD 479 students
- Wiscasset Public Schools 364 students
- Jefferson Public Schools 246 students
- Bristol Public Schools 189 students
- Nobleboro Public Schools 141 students
- Edgecomb Public Schools 116 students
- South Bristol Public Schools 63 students
- Georgetown Public Schools 51 students
- Southport Public Schools 19 students
- Monhegan Plt School Dept 3 students
- Bremen Public Schools 0 students
- Damariscotta Public Schools 0 students
- Newcastle Public Schools 0 students
- RSU 48
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.