Portland High School

Families in Portland, Connecticut, are served by Portland High School, a low-enrollment high school. A federal count lists 323 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Connecticut is about 788, so this school runs 59% smaller than that.

Portland High School reports to Portland School District, which has 5 schools and 1,226 students.

A majority of students at Portland High School, 72%, are White. Next come 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Portland High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.

A ratio of 10.6:1 comes from the school's 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.3:1 average for high schools in Connecticut is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 32% of students at Portland High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, the average is about the same, 32%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, median household income is about $104,428, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Portland High School is one of 57 public schools in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, which together enroll about 19,075 students.

Nearest public school: Portland Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Portland High School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Portland High School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Federal counts put enrollment at 348 in 2020-21 and 323 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.

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