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Longfellow School-Portland School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
432 Stevens Av
Portland, ME 04103
Phone
(207) 874-8195
District
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
279
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maine

9

(10 is best)

Better than 87.8% of all ME schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Longfellow School-Portland School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
81%
93%
83%
86%
79%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
11
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 46 16.5%
Grade 1 45 16.1%
Grade 2 38 13.6%
Grade 3 45 16.1%
Grade 4 53 19.0%
Grade 5 52 18.6%
Total 279 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.9% 54.8% 90.3%
Black 6.2% 29.9% 4.4%
Hispanic 4.6% 10.1% 3.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 4.8% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 15.8% 44.5% 36.7%
Free lunch eligible 14.3% 41.3% 31.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.4% 3.2% 5.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 68,063 1,385,340
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,257.0 44
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.3% 16.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.6% 29.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.8% 28.3%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 21.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,237 580,172
Single Parent Households With Children 5.2% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.2% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 56.5% 34.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.6% 15.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 17.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.5% 15.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.2% 12.2%
$15,000 or less 11.7% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,014 $67,884,906 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,256 $8,514,424 7.0%
Staff $1,067 $7,233,193 5.9%
General Administration $691 $4,684,289 3.8%
School Administration $961 $6,514,619 5.4%
Operation $1,512 $10,249,848 8.4%
Transportation $464 $3,145,456 2.6%
Other $390 $2,643,810 2.2%
Total Support $6,341 $42,985,639 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,605 $10,880,295 8.9%
Total Expenditures $17,960 $121,750,840 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,013 $1,557,312,775 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,171 $202,240,927 6.5%
Staff $757 $130,713,784 4.2%
General Administration $584 $100,966,397 3.3%
School Administration $887 $153,312,959 4.9%
Operation $1,572 $271,525,927 8.8%
Transportation $761 $131,487,161 4.2%
Other $213 $36,725,172 1.2%
Total Support $5,944 $1,026,977,106 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,977 $514,438,405 16.6%
Total Expenditures $17,934 $3,098,714,625 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%