Presumpscot School

Presumpscot School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Portland, Maine, overseen by Portland Public Schools, teacheing 266 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Presumpscot School is one of 16 schools operated by Portland Public Schools, a district that educates 6,548 students overall.

On demographics, Presumpscot School records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Presumpscot School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cumberland County's rate of about 34%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,677, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Cumberland County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students), Presumpscot School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East End Community School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 266 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 44% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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