Casco Bay High School

Casco Bay High School operates as a small 9-12 campus in Portland, Maine, part of Portland Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 379 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Casco Bay High School is one of 16 schools operated by Portland Public Schools, a district that enrolls 6,548 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Casco Bay High School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Casco Bay High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $95,677, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Cumberland County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), Casco Bay High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lyman Moore Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Casco Bay High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 379). Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 51%.

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