Regular local school district · Hancock County
Southwest Harbor Public Schools, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
Southwest Harbor Public Schools runs 1 public school with 127 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 5.5 students per teacher is 6.0 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 127
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 5.5
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1081 Eagle Lake Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
- Phone
- (207)288-5040
- County
- Hancock County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2312390
- State district ID
- ME-456
- Total staff (FTE)
- 55
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 127 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district5.5
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 (120), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $442,000
- State revenue
- $578,000
- Local revenue
- $3.4 million
- Total spending
- $4.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $34,692
- Salaries
- $2.2 million53.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $160,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.9%
- State: 12.9%
- Local: 77.2%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$34,692
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in Southwest Harbor Public Schools
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Pemetic Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 127 | 5.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hancock County
- Ellsworth Public Schools 1,261 students
- RSU 25 1,073 students
- RSU 24 718 students
- Mt Desert CSD 454 students
- Blue Hill Public Schools 347 students
- Bar Harbor Public Schools 346 students
- Deer Isle-Stonington CSD 343 students
- Hancock Public Schools 189 students
- Surry Public Schools 168 students
- Mount Desert Public Schools 161 students
- Lamoine Public Schools 137 students
- Tremont Public Schools 127 students
- Trenton Public Schools 120 students
- Sedgwick Public Schools 97 students
- Penobscot Public Schools 82 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.