Cape Elizabeth Middle School

Cape Elizabeth Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, one of the schools within Cape Elizabeth Public Schools. The school instructs 448 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 364 students each, so Cape Elizabeth Middle School sits 23% above that benchmark.

Within Cape Elizabeth Public Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,498 students, Cape Elizabeth Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cape Elizabeth Middle School lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at Cape Elizabeth Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,677, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cumberland County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), of which Cape Elizabeth Middle School is one.

Pond Cove Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 92% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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