Gorham High School

Gorham High School is a roomy secondary school in Gorham, Maine, run under Gorham Public Schools. The school instructs 812 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 448 students each, so Gorham High School sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

Gorham Public Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,830 students; Gorham High School is among them.

Demographically, Gorham High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Gorham High School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 11.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put the typical household earns roughly $95,677 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Cumberland County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), Gorham High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Village Elementary School-Gorham, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gorham High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 829 students in 2018 to 812 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window.

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