In an effort to see how our schools stack up, The Times Record compiled the following information about how many students are in each school, as well as school nurses and other staff members that work to meet their health needs.

Brunswick School Department

Brunswick has total of 2,337 students, and four registered nurses for a 584- to-1 student-to-nurse ratio. The breakdown by school is as follows:

• Brunswick High School — 720 students, 1 registered nurse

• Brunswick Junior High School — 553 students, 1 registered nurse

• Coffin Elementary School — 410 students, 1 registered nurse

• Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School — 654 students, 1 registered nurse

Additionally, according to Barbara Gunn, director of student services for Brunswick School Department, Dr. Alyssa Goodwin of Martin’s Point is the school physician.

“I meet with the nurses and her monthly, so the nurses consult with her,” she said.

The district also has guidance counselors in each school — one each at Coffin and Harriet Beecher Stowe elementary schools, two at Brunswick Junior High and four at Brunswick High School. There also is a social worker in the schools funded by Sweetser.

Lisbon School Department

There are a total of 1,289 students attending three Lisbon schools, with one nurse for each one, a department-wide ratio of 429 students-to-1 nurse.

The breakdown by school is as follows:

• Lisbon Community School — 664 students, 1 nurse

• Sugg Middle School — 340 students, 1 nurse

• Lisbon High School — 285 students, 1 nurse

Lisbon also has three social workers serving the school department.

Maine School Administrative District 75

MSAD 75 has 2,383 students among its seven schools, with a total of five nurses, for a 476-to-1 ratio.

The breakdown by schools is as follows:

• Bowdoin Central School — 208 students

• Bowdoinham Community School — 162 students

• Harpswell Community School — 157 students

• Williams Cone Elementary School — 250 students

• Woodside Elementary School — 319 students

There are three registered nurses that serve the five elementary schools; with a total of 1,096 students among the five schools, that works out to a 365-to-1 student to-nurse ratio.

According to MSAD 75 Superintendent Brad Smith there is a health tech available when the nurses are not assigned to a particular school. The district also has 6.8 counselors and social workers on staff at the elementary level. Regardless of certification, Smith said they provide essentially the same supports to students in need.

• Mt. Ararat Middle School — 579 students, 1 fulltime nurse, 5 social workers and counselors

• Mt. Ararat High School — 708 students, 1 full-time nurse

“We have one full-time RN (at the high school),” said Smith. “In addition, the high school offers a 20-hour per week service with a school-based health center. There are two Sweetser social workers who provide social and emotion interventions through the School Based Health Center. Those are not school funded, and Sweetser bills those students’ families through insurance.”

Regional School Unit 1

RSU 1 has a total of 1,933 students and the equivalent of five-and-a-half nurses among its six schools, for a district-wide ratio of 351-to- 1.

The breakdown by school is as follows:

• Dike Newell School — 295 students, 1 nurse, 1 guidance counselor, 1.2 social workers

• Bath Middle School — 352 students, 1 nurse, 1 guidance counselor, 2.2 social workers (one splits time with Fisher Mitchell School)

• Woolwich Central School — 377 students, 1 nurse, 1 guidance counselor, 1 social worker, 0.3-time psychologist

• Phippsburg Elementary School — 95 students, 1 parttime nurse, 0.4-time social worker, 0.1-time psychologist.

• Fisher Mitchell School — 225 students, 1 nurse, 1.2 social workers (one splits time with Bath Middle School)

• Morse High School — 589 students, 1 nurse, 3 guidance counselors, 2 social workers

Regional School Unit 5

There are 1,947 students combined among RSU 5’s six schools, with the equivalent of 6 full-time nurses, a ratio of 324-to-1. The breakdown by school is as follows:

• Freeport High School — 535 students, 1 full-time nurse

• Freeport Middle School — 356 students, 1 nurse (28 hours per week)

• Mast Landing School — 251 students, 1 full-time nurse

• Morse Street School — 259 students, 2 nurses equivalent to 1 full-time nurse

• Durham Community School — 432 students, 1 fulltime nurse

• Pownal Elementary School — 114 students, 1 nurse (32 hours per week)

According to Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Alexander, the district has certified nurse substitutes they pay in the event a nurse is unable to work.

There are 7.5 equivalent guidance counselors in the district — three at Freeport High School, one each at Freeport Middle, Mast Landing, Morse Street and Durham Community schools, and a half-time position at Pownal Elementary School.

Additionally, there is a full-time special education social worker at Durham Community School (grade pre-K to 8). There is also a full-time special education social worker at Freeport Middle School and on a parttime basis at Pownal Elementary School.

Morse Street and Mast Landing schools share one person who is a 0.3 full-time equivalent (12 hours) at each school. The proposed 2018-19 budget, however, would add a 0.25 social worker in regular education. There is already a half-time regular education social worker at Freeport High School.

Guidance counselors and social workers have some responsibilities in common, said Alexander, and others that are not.

“It’s more of a team approach when dealing with social or emotional issues and the people who are needed at the table are there,” she said. “I feel like we have pretty good supports here and I guess the bottom line is the principals are very good about looking at the needs they have and advocating.”

Wiscasset School Department

The Wiscasset School Department has 520 students between its two schools, and 1 nurse for the district who splits time between the two schools.

The breakdown by school is as follows:

• Wiscasset Elementary School — 273 students, 1 school psychologist examiner

• Wiscasset Middle High School — 247 students, 1 social worker

West Bath School

The West Bath School encompasses grades K-5, and totals 120 students to its 1 nurse.

THE TIMES RECORD reporters Darcie Moore, Chris Quattrucci and Nathan Strout compiled this information.