Pond Cove Elementary

Located at 12 Scott Dyer Road, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Pond Cove Elementary is a heavily attended primary school that enrolls 579 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under Cape Elizabeth Public Schools. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Pond Cove Elementary sits 153% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Cape Elizabeth Public Schools (1,498 students total), Pond Cove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Pond Cove Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Pond Cove Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $95,677, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pond Cove Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cape Elizabeth Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pond Cove Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 579). The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 83% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Pond Cove Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.