📍 1600 Forest AV, Portland, Cumberland County, 04103
Gerald E Talbot Community School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Portland, Cumberland County. The school has 364 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Portland Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gerald E Talbot Community School enrolls 364 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 38% Black or African American and 9.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 147 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 138 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 20 | 5.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
225 of the school's 364 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 197 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gerald E Talbot Community School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district ME-10, state senate district 28, state house district 36.
Gerald E Talbot Community School is one of 17 schools in Portland Public Schools, based in Portland, Maine. The district serves 6,555 students district-wide and employs 613 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 364 students, Gerald E Talbot Community School is close to the district average of about 386 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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