Regular local school district · Franklin County
RSU 09, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 09 runs 8 public schools with 2,277 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.6 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,277
- Teachers (FTE)
- 214
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 227 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938
- Phone
- (207)778-6571
- County
- Franklin County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2314809
- State district ID
- ME-1508
- Total staff (FTE)
- 551
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 380 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 27.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.6
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 (2,206), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.7 million
- State revenue
- $24.9 million
- Local revenue
- $13.8 million
- Total spending
- $41.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,643
- Salaries
- $20.9 million50.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $36.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.8%
- State: 54.8%
- Local: 30.4%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,643
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 09
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Academy Hill School | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 178 | 11.1 |
| Cape Cod Hill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 169 | 10.6 |
| Cascade Brook School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 297 | 12.4 |
| Foster Regional Applied Tech Ctr | ||||
| Gerald D Cushing School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 101 | 9.2 |
| Mt Blue High School | High | 9 to 12 | 720 | 14.4 |
| Mt Blue Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 508 | 13.4 |
| W G Mallett School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 303 | 10.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Franklin County
- RSU 58/MSAD 58 564 students
- RSU 78 192 students
- Eustis Public Schools 97 students
- Carrabassett Valley Public Schools 0 students
- Coplin Plt Public Schools 0 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.