Portland, ME
Kids in Portland
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 67,327
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 11.1
- 6,062 teachers across 38 districts and 171 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 38 / 171
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $1,920
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Portland metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Portland Public Schools
Portland
- Students
- 6,555
- Schools
- 17
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.8
- RSU 06/MSAD 06
Buxton
- Students
- 3,297
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.1
- Sanford Public Schools
Sanford
- Students
- 3,250
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.5
- RSU 14
Windham
- Students
- 3,051
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.9
- RSU 57/MSAD 57
Waterboro
- Students
- 2,868
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 12
- Scarborough Public Schools
Scarborough
- Students
- 2,865
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.8
- Gorham Public Schools
Gorham
- Students
- 2,833
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 13
- South Portland Public Schools
South Portland
- Students
- 2,816
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 9.9
- RSU 60/MSAD 60
North Berwick
- Students
- 2,801
- Schools
- 7
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.6
- Biddeford Public Schools
Biddeford
- Students
- 2,436
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.9
- Brunswick Public Schools
Brunswick
- Students
- 2,413
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- Westbrook Public Schools
Westbrook
- Students
- 2,348
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.2
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 101
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 32
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 33
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 7
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
173 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Portland metro sits
Roughly the core of the Portland, ME metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
School photos and ratings need a Google Places or GreatSchools key we don't ship; the district websites above are the direct source.
If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Portland would be -$900 a month, with $1,180 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.