Regular local school district · Somerset County
RSU 54/MSAD 54, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 54/MSAD 54 runs 8 public schools with 2,194 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,194
- Teachers (FTE)
- 213
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 196 West Front Street, Skowhegan, ME 04976
- Phone
- (207)474-9508
- County
- Somerset County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2314590
- State district ID
- ME-860
- Total staff (FTE)
- 503
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 313 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (2,260), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.1 million
- State revenue
- $23.9 million
- Local revenue
- $15.0 million
- Total spending
- $47.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,123
- Salaries
- $22.1 million46.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.0%
- State: 49.8%
- Local: 31.1%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,123
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 54/MSAD 54
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bloomfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 267 | 8.6 |
| Canaan Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 160 | 8.9 |
| Margaret Chase Smith Sch - SkowheganCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 180 | 12.9 |
| Mill Stream Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 309 | 10.7 |
| North Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 118 | 9.8 |
| Skowhegan Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 686 | 14.9 |
| Skowhegan Area Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 473 | 12.1 |
| Somerset Career & Technical Center |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Somerset County
- RSU 49/MSAD 49 1,760 students
- RSU 53/MSAD 53 578 students
- RSU 74/MSAD 74 575 students
- RSU 59/MSAD 59 544 students
- Community Regional Charter School 385 students
- Maine Academy of Natural Sciences 177 students
- RSU 83/MSAD 13 150 students
- RSU 82/MSAD 12 132 students
- Athens Public Schools 105 students
- Brighton Plt School Department 0 students
- Caratunk Public Schools 0 students
- Highland Plt Public Schools 0 students
- Pleasant Ridge Plt School Dept 0 students
- The Forks Plt School Dept 0 students
- West Forks Plt Public Schools 0 students
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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.