📍 150 Ocean AV, Portland, Cumberland County, 04103
Ocean Avenue is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Portland, Cumberland County. The school has 347 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Portland Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ocean Avenue enrolls 347 students across grades K–5. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 23% Black or African American and 8.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 209 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 80 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
108 of the school's 347 students (31%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 96 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Ocean Avenue is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district ME-10, state senate district 27, state house district 42.
Ocean Avenue 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 347 students, Ocean Avenue 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