Regular local school district · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Portland School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Portland School District runs 5 public schools with 1,250 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,250
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 33 East Main Street, Portland, CT 06480
- Phone
- (860)342-6790
- County
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0903390
- State district ID
- CT-1130011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 254
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 417 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,266), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $28.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $9.0 million
- Local revenue
- $18.8 million
- Total spending
- $27.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,987
- Salaries
- $14.5 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.8%
- State: 31.1%
- Local: 65.1%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,987
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Portland School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brownstone Intermediate School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 217 | 12.8 |
| Gildersleeve School | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 253 | 12.0 |
| Portland High School | High | 9 to 12 | 323 | 10.8 |
| Portland Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 214 | 11.3 |
| Valley View School | Elementary | PK to 1 | 219 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
- Middletown School District 4,394 students
- Cromwell School District 1,841 students
- Regional School District 17 1,716 students
- East Hampton School District 1,676 students
- Clinton School District 1,426 students
- Learn 1,390 students
- Regional School District 13 1,339 students
- Regional School District 18 1,281 students
- Old Saybrook School District 1,030 students
- East Haddam School District 954 students
- Regional School District 04 646 students
- Westbrook School District 592 students
- Essex School District 308 students
- Chester School District 198 students
- Deep River School District 189 students
More in Connecticut
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.