Gorham High School

Gorham High School serves students in Gorham, Maine, as a large high school. Enrollment totals 812 students across grades 9 through 12. The school is 81% above the average for high schools in Maine.

Gorham High School is part of a district of 5 schools: Gorham Public Schools, with 2,830 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Gorham High School is White, at 87%. Other reported shares: 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among Cumberland County residents, the White share is about 86%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gorham High School scores 24%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Gorham High School is 12.9:1, based on 62.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Maine, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Cumberland County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.

For the population of Cumberland County, median household income comes to about $95,677, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cumberland County's 99 public schools enroll about 38,224 students and include Gorham High School.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Village Elementary School-Gorham, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%.

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