Portland Maine News

Cumberland County schools welcomed 38,512 students in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Maine Department of Education.

Cumberland County had the most enrollment numbers in the state.

According to the data, 51.6% of the students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year were boys, and 48.4% were girls, and less than 0.1% did not specify their gender or identify with either category.

Most of the students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year were white, representing 77.5% of the Cumberland County student body.

Within the county, South Portland High School had the highest enrollment in the school year, welcoming 1,003 students.

While Maine's public school enrollment has slightly rebounded from the sharp drop during the 2020-21 school year, it remains about 4% below pre-pandemic levels. The decline is partly due to an increase in homeschooling and more students completing high school early through college courses and adult education.

"Adult education enrollment is up, providing high school completion and job training programs to meet individual needs," said a spokesman for the Maine Department of Education in an interview with Maine Public. Additionally, some pandemic-related factors persist, with "some parents choosing not to enroll younger children in school and older students who took on jobs to support their families during the pandemic and who are still counted on to provide that support."

As of 2024, the average student-to-teacher ratio in public schools in Maine is 11:1, much lower than the national average of one teacher for every 15 students.

School Name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Amanda C. Rowe School	428	460	7.5%
Arthur R. Gould School--LCYDC	15	7	-53.3%
Baxter Academy for Technology & Sciences	356	340	-4.5%
Blue Point School	208	209	0.5%
Bonny Eagle High School	995	1,001	0.6%
Brunswick High School	736	705	-4.2%
Brunswick Junior High School	495	530	7.1%
Burchard A. Dunn School	343	356	3.8%
Cape Elizabeth High School	538	517	-3.9%
Cape Elizabeth Middle School	446	432	-3.1%
Casco Bay High School	377	375	-0.5%
Chebeague Island School	6	10	66.7%
Cliff Island School	6	3	-50%
Congin School	306	295	-3.6%
Crooked River Elementary School	198	209	5.6%
Daniel F. Mahoney Middle School	322	410	27.3%
Deering High School	721	804	11.5%
Dora L. Small Elementary School	261	258	-1.1%
Dyer Elementary School	212	199	-6.1%
East End Community School	422	408	-3.3%
Edna Libby Elementary School	259	268	3.5%
Eight Corners Elementary School	232	218	-6%
Falmouth Elementary School	845	847	0.2%
Falmouth High School	673	702	4.3%
Falmouth Middle School	480	442	-7.9%
Fiddlehead School of Arts & Science	205	185	-9.8%
Frank H. Harrison Middle School	533	377	-29.3%
Frank I. Brown Elementary School	280	224	-20%
Freeport High School	614	602	-2%
Freeport Middle School	307	303	-1.3%
George E. Jack School	143	161	12.6%
Gerald E. Talbot Community School	384	372	-3.1%
Gorham High School	821	797	-2.9%
Gorham Middle School	618	638	3.2%
Gray-New Gloucester High School	611	598	-2.1%
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School	504	497	-1.4%
Great Falls Elementary School	515	489	-5%
Greely High School	603	603	0%
Greely Middle School	459	479	4.4%
Greely Middle School 4-5	321	322	0.3%
Harpswell Coastal Academy Division 1	69	43	-37.7%
Harpswell Coastal Academy Divisions 2 and 3	98	67	-31.6%
Harpswell Community School	126	121	-4%
Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School	526	519	-1.3%
Harrison Elementary School	106	97	-8.5%
Harrison Lyseth Elementary School	490	493	0.6%
Howard C. Reiche Community School	387	460	18.9%
James Otis Kaler Elementary School	259	193	-25.5%
Jordan-Small Middle School	166	177	6.6%
Kate Furbish Elementary School	615	613	-0.3%
King Middle School	463	490	5.8%
Lake Region High School	511	502	-1.8%
Lake Region Middle School	430	405	-5.8%
Lincoln Middle School	451	428	-5.1%
Long Island Elementary School	12	13	8.3%
Longfellow School-Portland	276	272	-1.4%
Lyman Moore Middle School	504	495	-1.8%
Mabel I. Wilson School	710	767	8%
Maine Connections Academy	446	442	-0.9%
Manchester School	348	385	10.6%
Mast Landing School	244	242	-0.8%
Memorial Middle School	412	394	-4.4%
Memorial School	172	188	9.3%
Morse Street School	330	323	-2.1%
Narragansett Elementary School	360	376	4.4%
Ocean Avenue	341	380	11.4%
Oxford-Cumberland Canal School	209	198	-5.3%
Peaks Island School	36	44	22.2%
Pleasant Hill School	191	203	6.3%
Pond Cove Elementary School	503	555	10.3%
Portland High School	925	999	8%
Pownal Elementary School	106	95	-10.4%
Presumpscot School	224	247	10.3%
Raymond Elementary School	275	281	2.2%
Russell School	219	212	-3.2%
Saccarappa School	436	400	-8.3%
Scarborough High School	905	900	-0.6%
Scarborough Middle School	697	671	-3.7%
Sebago Elementary School	112	104	-7.1%
Songo Locks School	198	242	22.2%
South Portland High School	1,014	1,003	-1.1%
Steep Falls Elementary School	68	58	-14.7%
Stevens Brook School	249	305	22.5%
Village Elementary School-Gorham	414	432	4.3%
Waldo T. Skillin Elementary School	398	352	-11.6%
Wentworth School	634	673	6.2%
Westbrook High School	676	684	1.2%
Westbrook Middle School	747	737	-1.3%
William H. Rowe School	195	285	46.2%
Windham High School	923	951	3%
Windham Middle School	592	563	-4.9%
Windham Primary School	777	766	-1.4%
Yarmouth Elementary School	377	470	24.7%
Yarmouth High School	548	545	-0.5%