Wentworth School

Wentworth School operates as a big elementary school in Scarborough, Maine, overseen by Scarborough Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 664 students spanning grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Wentworth School sits 190% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Scarborough Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,865 students, Wentworth School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wentworth School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Cumberland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wentworth School has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages about 10.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 16% of students at Wentworth School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cumberland County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household income runs about $95,677, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wentworth School is one of 99 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 38,224 students).

Scarborough Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 675 students in 2018 compared to 664 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 83% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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