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Houlton Southside School

Serves grades 3 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
65 South Street
Houlton, ME 04730
Phone
(207) 532-6027
District
RSU 29/MSAD 29
County
AROOSTOOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
317
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

7

(10 is best)

Better than 67.5% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Houlton Southside School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
63%
60%
66%
64%
59%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 109 34.4%
Grade 4 106 33.4%
Grade 5 102 32.2%
Total 317 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.1% 85.9% 89.5%
Black 1.0% 0.6% 4.6%
Hispanic 0.6% 1.2% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.5% 1.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 13.9% 11.8% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 66.6% 63.0% 36.3%
Free lunch eligible 57.1% 55.8% 31.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.5% 7.2% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,837 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 51.4 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.3% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.5% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.6% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 23.3% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,212 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.2% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.5% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.5% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.6% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.2% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.2% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 16.9% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,001 $10,193,000 50.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $936 $1,193,000 5.9%
Staff $445 $567,000 2.8%
General Administration $709 $903,000 4.5%
School Administration $518 $660,000 3.3%
Operation $2,976 $3,792,000 18.9%
Transportation $543 $692,000 3.4%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $6,128 $7,807,000 38.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,658 $2,112,000 10.5%
Total Expenditures $15,786 $20,112,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,878 $1,719,893,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,292 $225,026,000 6.4%
Staff $1,010 $175,940,000 5.0%
General Administration $623 $108,487,000 3.1%
School Administration $933 $162,369,000 4.6%
Operation $2,119 $368,955,000 10.4%
Transportation $758 $131,925,000 3.7%
Other $247 $43,075,000 1.2%
Total Support $6,983 $1,215,777,000 34.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,462 $602,867,000 17.0%
Total Expenditures $20,323 $3,538,537,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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