Regular local school district · Cumberland County
Portland Public Schools, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
Portland Public Schools runs 17 public schools with 6,555 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 6,555
- Teachers (FTE)
- 608
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 353 Cumberland Ave, Portland, ME 04101
- Phone
- (207)874-8100
- County
- Cumberland County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2309930
- State district ID
- ME-364
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,307
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 328 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 45.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
Maine11.5
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 (6,523), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $145.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $19.9 million
- State revenue
- $29.1 million
- Local revenue
- $96.1 million
- Total spending
- $140.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,508
- Salaries
- $76.4 million54.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.7%
- State: 20.1%
- Local: 66.2%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,508
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in Portland Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Amanda C Rowe SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 470 | 10.4 |
| Casco Bay High School | High | 9 to 12 | 379 | 13.5 |
| Cliff Island SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Deering High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 850 | 12.5 |
| East End Community SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 391 | 9.8 |
| Gerald E Talbot Community SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 394 | 10.6 |
| Harrison Lyseth Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 489 | 12.2 |
| Howard C Reiche Community SchCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 467 | 10.4 |
| King Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 434 | 9.6 |
| Lincoln Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 382 | 9.1 |
| Longfellow School-Portland | Elementary | PK to 5 | 263 | 11.4 |
| Lyman Moore Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 470 | 10.4 |
| Ocean Avenue | Elementary | K to 5 | 337 | 10.5 |
| Peaks Island SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 41 | 8.2 |
| Portland Arts & Technology High School | ||||
| Portland High School | High | 9 to 12 | 912 | 14.5 |
| Presumpscot SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 266 | 10.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cumberland County
- RSU 14 3,051 students
- Scarborough Public Schools 2,865 students
- Gorham Public Schools 2,833 students
- South Portland Public Schools 2,816 students
- Brunswick Public Schools 2,413 students
- Westbrook Public Schools 2,348 students
- RSU 51/MSAD 51 2,236 students
- RSU 05 2,001 students
- Falmouth Public Schools 1,979 students
- RSU 15/MSAD 15 1,825 students
- Yarmouth Schools 1,655 students
- RSU 61/MSAD 61 1,627 students
- Cape Elizabeth Public Schools 1,499 students
- Maine Connections Academy 504 students
- Baxter Academy for Technology and Science 384 students
More in Maine
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.