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Brewer High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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
261 Center Street
Brewer, ME 04412
Phone
(207) 989-4140
District
Brewer Public Schools
County
PENOBSCOT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
720
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.9% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Brewer High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
52%
51%
62%
48%
43%
50%
52%
51%
62%
48%
43%
    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
15
13
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 184 25.6%
Grade 10 165 22.9%
Grade 11 165 22.9%
Grade 12 206 28.6%
Total 720 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.8% 92.5% 89.5%
Black 1.7% 1.4% 4.6%
Hispanic 3.0% 4.0% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 1.2% 1.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.0% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.4% 33.3% 36.3%
Free lunch eligible 26.0% 28.3% 31.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.4% 5.0% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,633 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 632.2 45
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.1% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 18.8% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,156 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 9.2% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.8% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.8% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.5% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.7% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 10.7% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,719 $17,194,000 64.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $979 $1,570,000 5.9%
Staff $394 $632,000 2.4%
General Administration $385 $618,000 2.3%
School Administration $722 $1,158,000 4.4%
Operation $1,249 $2,003,000 7.5%
Transportation $364 $584,000 2.2%
Other $132 $212,000 0.8%
Total Support $4,225 $6,777,000 25.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,599 $2,564,000 9.7%
Total Expenditures $16,543 $26,535,000 100.0%
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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