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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

James Otis Kaler Elementary School, South Portland, ME

CEP schoolJames Otis Kaler Elementary School is a public elementary school in South Portland, part of South Portland Public Schools. It enrolled 179 students in 2024-25, with 8.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
179
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
8.1
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 10.0. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.1
District10.0
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
165 South Kelsey Street, South Portland, ME 04106
Phone
(207)799-3214
District
South Portland Public Schools
County
Cumberland County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
231233000716
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
93
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
10659.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
72Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 South 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.