Great Schools Blog: School District Spending Data available!

but good luck trying to find what you need.  Now, that data has been made available here in the GreatSchoolsforME.org website and in an entirely new way.Want to know how much your school district spends? How about having that spending broken down into 11 cost center areas? How about having state benchmarks to compare that spending to" It is all available at the GreatSchoolsforME.org school spending data center.

On the data center's Compare Districts pages, site visitors can choose up to three districts to compare. How much does your district spend on school administration compared to a district nearby? Is your district spending more per-pupil than the district next door? You can find out all of this information in the school spending data center.

By the way, the source for all of this data is the Maine Department of Education. You can try to find the very same information here, or go here and get it far more quickly and in a format that is far easier to understand.

Then, get to the next school board meeting and make your voice heard!