Ocean Avenue

Ocean Avenue operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Portland, Maine, one of the schools within Portland Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Ocean Avenue sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.

Ocean Avenue is one of 16 schools operated by Portland Public Schools, a district that instructs 6,548 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ocean Avenue logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder reads as 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, On paper, Ocean Avenue has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household income runs about $95,677, 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), Ocean Avenue is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ocean Avenue.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ocean Avenue has contracted 12%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 65% to 59% over that span.

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