Regular local school district · Penobscot County
RSU 87/MSAD 23, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
RSU 87/MSAD 23 runs 3 public schools with 584 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 584
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 44 Plymouth Road, Carmel, ME 04419
- Phone
- (207)848-5173
- County
- Penobscot County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2310980
- State district ID
- ME-681
- Total staff (FTE)
- 129
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 584 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (548), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.8 million
- State revenue
- $6.7 million
- Local revenue
- $4.2 million
- Total spending
- $19.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $34,883
- Salaries
- $5.0 million26.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.3%
- State: 52.7%
- Local: 33.1%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$34,883
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in RSU 87/MSAD 23
By level: 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Caravel Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 204 | 12.8 |
| Carmel Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 158 | 10.5 |
| Suzanne M Smith Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 222 | 11.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Penobscot County
- Bangor Public Schools 3,439 students
- RSU 22 2,118 students
- RSU 19 1,883 students
- Brewer Public Schools 1,490 students
- RSU 34 1,369 students
- Hermon Public Schools 1,345 students
- RSU 64/MSAD 64 1,021 students
- RSU 67 941 students
- RSU 26 827 students
- MSAD 46 805 students
- RSU 41/MSAD 41 578 students
- RSU 63/MSAD 63 443 students
- Millinocket Public Schools 438 students
- RSU 31/MSAD 31 435 students
- Glenburn Public Schools 381 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.