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RSU 39

Caribou, Maine · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,188
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
97
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 70
  • Kindergarten 68
  • Grade 1 75
  • Grade 2 72
  • Grade 3 81
  • Grade 4 79
  • Grade 5 86
  • Grade 6 71
  • Grade 7 76
  • Grade 8 74
  • Grade 9 114
  • Grade 10 96
  • Grade 11 106
  • Grade 12 120

By race/ethnicity

  • White 86%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 3%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 645 of 1,188 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 52%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,735 spent per student on day-to-day operations Maine median: $20,485 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,794
  • Support services $7,302
  • Other (food service, etc.) $640

Where the money comes from

  • Local 26%
  • State 63%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $25.8 milliontotal spending $23.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

221

District office

75 Glenn Street, Caribou ME 04736

County

Aroostook County

Official website

NCES District ID

2314794

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About RSU 39

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The communities of Caribou, Limestone and Stockholm have joined to form The Eastern Aroostook Regional School Unit #39 (RSU 39). RSU 39 is proud to offer a top quality education program that strives to meet the individual needs of all students. Serving over 1,700 students, a staff of 250 professionals and support staff work together to achieve our goals. All staff work to ensure high academic achievement for every child and the desire to work diligently in providing the knowledge and skills necessary for students to lead successful lives.RSU 39 includes: Hilltop School (Grades Pre K-2), Teague Park School (Grades 3-5), Caribou Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Caribou High School (Grades 9-12) and Limestone Community School (Grades Pre K – 12). Caribou Regional Technology Center serves as a trades skills training center for 250 high school students in Caribou as well as Presque Isle, Washburn, Fort Fairfield and Limestone. Approximately 2,000 area residents participate in Adult Education, which provides post secondary educational opportunities as well as high school and general vocational programming and serves the literacy, vocational and business training needs of the community.The RSU 39 Board of Education strongly supports athletics and other co-curricular activities. These programs are seen as integral and important components of a student's educational experience. In addition, the Caribou Performing Arts Center provides students and adults an opportunity to explore and enjoy the performing arts in a wonderful state-of-the-art theatre setting.
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