About Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District
Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District is a public school system serving Somerset County, Maine, based in Fairfield. It serves 1,760 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #35 largest of Maine’s 203 school systems.
Size and structure
Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District enrolls 1,760 students in 5 schools — an average of about 352 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #35 of 203 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,760 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District employs about 142 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1 — above the Maine average of about 11.1:1. Total district staff is roughly 369.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Maine funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Maine rates schools under its ESSA Model of School Support (Emerging, Developing, Meeting or Excelling) on achievement and growth in math and ELA, graduation, English-language progress and chronic absenteeism. Look up Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District on the Maine DOE dashboard.
Accreditation status
The main voluntary K-12 accreditor serving Maine is NEASC (the New England Association of Schools and Colleges); accreditation is voluntary, not a state requirement. Search Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District vs. Maine
See every Maine district side by side in the Maine directory.
Look up Rsu 49/Msad 49 School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):