Cape Elizabeth Middle School

Cape Elizabeth Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, (ZIP code 04107). Enrollment stands at 448 students, covering grades 5 through 8. It has 23% more students than the average for middle schools in Maine (about 364).

Cape Elizabeth Public Schools runs 3 schools with a combined 1,498 students. Cape Elizabeth Middle School is one of them.

White students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. It is also 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among Cumberland County residents, the White share is about 86%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.

Cape Elizabeth Middle School has 45.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. Across middle schools in Maine, the average ratio is 11.2:1. The school has 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 34% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 23 points higher.

On the allk12 Grade, Cape Elizabeth Middle School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Maine public middle schools.

In Cumberland County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $95,677 a year, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Cumberland County number 99, with about 38,224 students.

The closest school to Cape Elizabeth Middle School is Pond Cove Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Cape Elizabeth Middle School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment figures show a decrease of 22 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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