Regular local school district · Kennebec County
RSU 11/MSAD 11, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 11/MSAD 11 runs 6 public schools with 1,846 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 0.6 higher than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,846
- Teachers (FTE)
- 152
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 150 Highland Avenue, Gardiner, ME 04345
- Phone
- (207)582-5346
- County
- Kennebec County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2310590
- State district ID
- ME-617
- Total staff (FTE)
- 411
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 615 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (1,946), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.9 million
- State revenue
- $16.9 million
- Local revenue
- $10.7 million
- Total spending
- $31.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,132
- Salaries
- $16.7 million53.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.0%
- State: 52.0%
- Local: 33.0%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,132
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 11/MSAD 11
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Gardiner Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 565 | 12.0 |
| Gardiner Regional Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 425 | 11.5 |
| Helen Thompson School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 245 | 12.9 |
| Laura E Richards School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 219 | 14.6 |
| Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School | Elementary | K to 5 | 200 | 11.8 |
| River View Community School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 192 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kennebec County
- RSU 18 2,725 students
- Augusta Public Schools 2,120 students
- Waterville Public Schools 1,623 students
- RSU 02 1,436 students
- RSU 38 1,160 students
- Winslow Schools 1,143 students
- Winthrop Public Schools 806 students
- Vassalboro Public Schools 501 students
- Maine Virtual Academy 475 students
- Maine Arts Academy 245 students
- Education in Unorganized Terr 98 students
- Fayette Public Schools 73 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.