Howard C Reiche Community Sch

Located at 166 Brackett ST, in Portland, Maine, Howard C Reiche Community Sch is a well-populated elementary school that hosts 467 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Portland Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

Portland Public Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,548 students; Howard C Reiche Community Sch is among them.

Demographically, Howard C Reiche Community Sch records that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 4%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cumberland County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household income runs about $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), Howard C Reiche Community Sch is one campus in the mix.

King Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Howard C Reiche Community Sch.

Howard C Reiche Community Sch operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Howard C Reiche Community Sch's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 467). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 37% to 29%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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