WESTBROOK – The newest state Department of Education funding allocations, based on a new formula used by the department to determine how much aid local school districts get, show Westbrook is getting a lot less help than local district leaders originally thought.

Right now, the district is working on its budget for the 2012-2013 school year, and is trying to close a $2.2 million gap, caused in part by an expected loss of $240,000 in state funding for education.

It turns out, according to School Superintendent Marc Gousse, that the predictions were only partly right. The new figures, he said, show Westbrook is still losing funds, but the losses add up $607,000, nearly $400,000 more than originally anticipated.

To add insult to injury, Gousse said, the figures show every community bordering Westbrook is slated to get an increase in funding, ranging from an extra $30,000 for Windham/Raymond up to $980,000 for South Portland.

“Every single district around us is getting more,” Gousse said.

That, he said, has prompted a request from his office to meet with state officials to discuss the new formula and how they arrived at their conclusions. As of Wednesday afternoon, Gousse said, the state has not responded to his request.

Part of the cause, Gousse said, of Westbrook losing out may lie in the citywide valuation, which is a factor in how the state determines what individual districts get. Gousse said he thinks the valuation numbers may be off, and is discussing that with City Administrator Jerre Bryant and other city officials.

If Gousse is right, he said, it may be as simple as requesting a corrected allocation from the state. Otherwise, he said, the anticipated $2.2 million gap, already expected to result in layoffs in the district and a hike for taxpayers, will widen.

“There’s only so many dollars to go around,” he said.