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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Harrison Lyseth Elementary School, Portland, ME

Harrison Lyseth Elementary School is a public elementary school in Portland, part of Portland Public Schools. It enrolled 489 students in 2024-25, with 12.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Harrison Lyseth Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
489
Teachers (FTE)
40.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.4 higher than the district figure of 10.8. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.2
District10.8
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
175 Auburn ST, Portland, ME 04103
County
Cumberland County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
230993000272
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
105
Reduced-price lunch
79
Free or reduced-price lunch
18437.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
97Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Portland Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.