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Frank H Harrison Middle School

220 McCartney Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096 · (207) 846-2499 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Maine public middle schools
  • A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maine public middle schools

Enrollment
379
Middle
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 364
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
56 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 613335%
Grade 713034%
Grade 811631%
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 28% · US 70%
White
32586%
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 85% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
82%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
318%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
19752%
Female
18248%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Frank H Harrison Middle School→Yarmouth High School
Feeds from
Yarmouth Elementary School02–05
Based on grade levels within Yarmouth Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MEA 2024-25 . % At or Above State Expectations
English Language Arts
86.3%
ME avg 64.1%
Math
78.0%
ME avg 50.6%

What this means: On the MEA, Maine's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maine schools, those numbers are about 64 and 51.

Source: MEA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

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45523.3%N/A
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Matched among Maine middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Frank H Harrison Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MaineIn Cumberland County
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
78.0%#1 of 74#1 of 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
86.3%#1 of 80#1 of 17
Enrollment
ranked largest first
379#35 of 85#15 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.6:1#19 of 67#9 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
25.7%#24 of 67#12 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
14.8%#79 of 82#14 of 17
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-29.3%#4 of 51#1 of 12
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
379
-185 (-33%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537935.910.6:115% (56)
2023-2437135.410.5:15% (18)
2022-2338036.210.5:19% (33)
2020-215644412.8:18% (44)
2017-1853633.416.1:111% (57)
2015-165043315.3:111% (54)
2010-114313711.7:110% (43)
2000-015073813.3:16% (31)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank H Harrison Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 29% (536 to 379); teachers up 7% (33.4 to 35.9).

About Frank H Harrison Middle School

Among the schools in Yarmouth, Maine, is Frank H Harrison Middle School, a medium-sized middle school. The school counts 379 students across grades 6 through 8.

Yarmouth Schools has 1,655 students in 4 schools, and Frank H Harrison Middle School is one of those schools.

The large majority of students at Frank H Harrison Middle School, 86%, are White. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 86% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Frank H Harrison Middle School comes in at 26%.

With 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Frank H Harrison Middle School was 10.6:1. Middle schools in Maine have a similar average ratio of 11.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 15%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 34%.

allk12 grades Frank H Harrison Middle School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Maine public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Within Cumberland County, median household income is about $95,677, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 99 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,224.

Yarmouth Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Frank H Harrison Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Frank H Harrison Middle School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 564 to 379. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.6:1, from 12.8:1.

Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Cumberland County at a glance

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Population
308,827
Census ACS
Median income
$95,677
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
38,224 students

Quick facts

School name
Frank H Harrison Middle School
District
Yarmouth Schools
Address
220 McCartney Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096
Phone
(207) 846-2499
County
Cumberland County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
379
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
10.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
56 (15%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
231410000031
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Frank H Harrison Middle School
How many students attend Frank H Harrison Middle School?
Frank H Harrison Middle School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Frank H Harrison Middle School serve?
Frank H Harrison Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Frank H Harrison Middle School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Frank H Harrison Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Frank H Harrison Middle School?
Student demographics at Frank H Harrison Middle School are roughly 86% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Frank H Harrison Middle School in?
Frank H Harrison Middle School is part of Yarmouth Schools.
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