Regular local school district · Waldo County
RSU 71, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 71 runs 7 public schools with 1,396 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 1,396
- Teachers (FTE)
- 127
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 41 Lions Way, Belfast, ME 04915
- Phone
- (207)338-1960
- County
- Waldo County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2314822
- State district ID
- ME-1733
- Total staff (FTE)
- 374
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 199 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 23.0
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 (1,442), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $12.1 million
- Local revenue
- $16.4 million
- Total spending
- $31.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,093
- Salaries
- $17.2 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.8%
- State: 39.7%
- Local: 53.6%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,093
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 71
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ames Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 122 | 12.2 |
| Belfast Area High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 476 | 11.3 |
| Captain Albert W. Stevens SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 232 | 10.1 |
| East Belfast SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 99 | 11.0 |
| Gladys Weymouth Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 79 | 13.2 |
| Kermit S Nickerson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 58 | 11.6 |
| Troy A Howard Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 330 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Waldo County
- RSU 03/MSAD 03 983 students
- RSU 20 396 students
- Lincolnville Public Schools 212 students
- Hope Public Schools 140 students
- Appleton Public Schools 132 students
- Ecology Learning Center 120 students
- Northport Public Schools 98 students
- Islesboro Public Schools 64 students
- Dennistown Plt Public Schools 0 students
- Waldo-Region 7
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.