Regular local school district · Aroostook County
RSU 79/MSAD 01, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 79/MSAD 01 runs 6 public schools with 1,670 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,670
- Teachers (FTE)
- 126
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 79 Blake St Suite #1, Presque Isle, ME 04769
- Phone
- (207)764-4101
- County
- Aroostook County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2310860
- State district ID
- ME-551
- Total staff (FTE)
- 335
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 418 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
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 (1,706), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.3 million
- State revenue
- $16.6 million
- Local revenue
- $9.6 million
- Total spending
- $30.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,977
- Salaries
- $14.9 million48.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.8%
- State: 52.5%
- Local: 30.6%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,977
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 79/MSAD 01
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Eva Hoyt Zippel School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 289 | 15.2 |
| Mapleton Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 228 | 14.2 |
| Pine Street Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 325 | 16.2 |
| Presque Isle High School | High | 9 to 12 | 474 | 13.9 |
| Presque Isle Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 354 | 13.6 |
| Presque Isle Reg Career & Tech Ctr |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Aroostook County
- RSU 29/MSAD 29 1,214 students
- RSU 39 1,188 students
- MSAD 27 812 students
- RSU 70/MSAD 70 500 students
- RSU 86/MSAD 20 426 students
- Madawaska Public Schools 369 students
- RSU 50 340 students
- RSU 42/MSAD 42 333 students
- RSU 45/MSAD 45 271 students
- RSU 88/MSAD 24 262 students
- RSU 32/MSAD 32 234 students
- RSU 33/MSAD 33 229 students
- Easton Public Schools 203 students
- Woodland Public Schools 175 students
- Limestone Public Schools 138 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.