Regular local school district · Androscoggin County
RSU 04, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 04 runs 5 public schools with 1,269 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 0.8 higher than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,269
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 971 Gardiner Road, Wales, ME 04280
- Phone
- (207)375-4273
- County
- Androscoggin County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2314783
- State district ID
- ME-1446
- Total staff (FTE)
- 246
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 254 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (1,330), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.8 million
- State revenue
- $12.8 million
- Local revenue
- $8.4 million
- Total spending
- $23.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,809
- Salaries
- $11.4 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 51.2%
- Local: 33.5%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,809
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 04
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carrie Ricker School | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 174 | 11.6 |
| Libby-Tozier School | Elementary | PK to K | 143 | 13.0 |
| Oak Hill High School | High | 9 to 12 | 408 | 12.0 |
| Oak Hill Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 380 | 13.1 |
| Sabattus Primary School | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 164 | 11.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Androscoggin County
- Lewiston Public Schools 5,313 students
- Auburn Public Schools 3,242 students
- RSU 52/MSAD 52 2,028 students
- RSU 16 1,672 students
- RSU 73 1,369 students
- Lisbon Public Schools 1,331 students
- Acadia Academy 250 students
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.