Regular local school district · Kennebec County
Waterville Public Schools, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
Waterville Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,623 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
- 5
- Students
- 1,623
- Teachers (FTE)
- 147
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 25 Messalonskee Ave, Waterville, ME 04901
- Phone
- (207)873-4281
- County
- Kennebec County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2313350
- State district ID
- ME-480
- Total staff (FTE)
- 403
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 271 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
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 (1,591), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.8 million
- State revenue
- $18.4 million
- Local revenue
- $9.3 million
- Total spending
- $34.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,690
- Salaries
- $16.4 million47.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $570,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.7%
- State: 53.4%
- Local: 26.9%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,690
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in Waterville Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albert S Hall School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 237 | 11.8 |
| George J Mitchell School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 532 | 12.7 |
| Mid-Maine Technical Center | ||||
| Waterville Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 325 | 11.2 |
| Waterville Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 529 | 12.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kennebec County
- RSU 18 2,725 students
- Augusta Public Schools 2,120 students
- RSU 11/MSAD 11 1,846 students
- RSU 02 1,436 students
- RSU 38 1,160 students
- Winslow Schools 1,143 students
- Winthrop Public Schools 806 students
- Vassalboro Public Schools 501 students
- Maine Virtual Academy 475 students
- Maine Arts Academy 245 students
- Education in Unorganized Terr 98 students
- Fayette Public Schools 73 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.