Regular local school district · Cumberland County
South Portland Public Schools, ME: schools, enrollment and spending
South Portland Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 2,816 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.0 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Maine figure of 11.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,816
- Teachers (FTE)
- 283
- Students per teacher
- 10.0
- ME: 11.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 120 Wescott Road, South Portland, ME 04106
- Phone
- (207)871-0555
- County
- Cumberland County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2312330
- State district ID
- ME-444
- Total staff (FTE)
- 640
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 217 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.0
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 (2,913), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $65.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.2 million
- State revenue
- $11.0 million
- Local revenue
- $46.0 million
- Total spending
- $67.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,031
- Salaries
- $34.0 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $18.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 16.9%
- Local: 70.5%
Maine overall
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,031
Maine$20,160
United States$16,826
Schools in South Portland Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dora L Small Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 193 | 9.7 |
| Dyer Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 194 | 9.7 |
| Frank I Brown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 213 | 10.7 |
| James Otis Kaler Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 179 | 8.1 |
| South Portland High School | High | 9 to 12 | 928 | 11.6 |
| South Portland Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 807 | 9.3 |
| Waldo T Skillin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 302 | 9.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cumberland County
- Portland Public Schools 6,555 students
- RSU 14 3,051 students
- Scarborough Public Schools 2,865 students
- Gorham Public Schools 2,833 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.