High Schools in Portland School District

Summary:

The Portland School District in Connecticut is home to one high school, Portland High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has consistently ranked in the top half of Connecticut high schools, with a ranking of 53 out of 141 schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Portland High School's performance is noteworthy, with a 4-year graduation rate of 88.4% for the 2022-2023 school year, which is above the state average. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (67.5%) and Science (51.9%) for 11th graders in 2024-2025 are also higher than the state averages. Additionally, the school has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years, indicating a relatively stable and consistent level of performance.

While the school serves a population with some socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the relatively high percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients (28.85%), the data suggests that Portland High School is doing a good job of supporting its students academically. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 17.7% in the 2023-2024 school year is an area that could be further investigated to understand the underlying causes and potential interventions to improve student attendance.

District Detail

33 East Main Street
Portland, CT 06480

(860) 342-6790

SchoolDigger Rank:
71^st of 156 Connecticut districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,226

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 2
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NGSS Science (2025)	SAT English Language Arts (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSS Science 11th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	Total
Portland High School	Public	9-12	95 High Street	Portland	06480	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	Portland School District	No	No	No	No	(860) 342-1720	323	31	10.5	31.6%	234 (72.4%)	22 (6.8%)	48 (14.9%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	62.9	53^rd of 141 public high schools	62.4%		61.5	58^th of 145 public high schools	60.0%	5	51.9	67.5	$24,910

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Middletown School District	2.47 mi	11	129^th
Cromwell School District	2.56 mi	4	79^th
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services	2.6 mi	5
Glastonbury School District	3.16 mi	11	24^th
Capitol Region Education Council	3.9 mi	18	145^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Connecticut Department of Education.

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