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For the 2025 school year, there are 16 public schools serving 6,970 students in Portland, ME (there are , serving 1,963 private students). 78% of all K-12 students in Portland, ME are educated in public schools (compared to the ME state average of 90%).

The top ranked public schools in Portland, ME are Longfellow School-portland, Baxter Academy For Tech & Sciences and Casco Bay High School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Portland, ME public schools have an average math proficiency score of 71% (versus the Maine public school average of 81%), and reading proficiency score of 81% (versus the 84% statewide average). Schools in Portland have an average ranking of 3/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Maine public schools.

Minority enrollment is 51% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the Maine public school average of 14% (majority Black and Hispanic).