Maine State Information

	Maine	National Average	Rank
Education spending per student adjusted for regional cost differences (2002)	$8,986	$7,734	9
Average class size for self-contained classes in elementary schools (2000)	18.0	21.2	4
Average Beginning Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$24,631	$29,564	47
Average Teacher Salary (2002-03)	$38,518	$45,771	35
Graduation rates (2002) State overall	75 %	71 %	22
Black	-- %	56 %
Hispanic	-- %	52 %
White	75 %	78 %
Additional state-by-state K-12 education data, definitions and source information are available in Education Counts.