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Portland High School

284 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, ME, 04101-4927 -

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Definition of Terms

Portland High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cumberland County, ME

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1084 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

80 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 222 students

Grade 10 - 299 students

Grade 11 - 290 students

Grade 12 - 273 students

This School

(ME) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(ME) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	10%	1%
% Hispanic	3%	n/a
% Black	22%	1%
% White	64%	95%

Additional Student Information

This School

(ME) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(ME) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Portland Public s School District

This School's Agency

(ME) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	18	4
Number of Students Managed	7,505 students	1,308 students
District Total Revenue	$92,842,000	$12,662,000
District Expenditure	$90,454,000	$12,392,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,371	$9,680
District Expenditure / Student	$12,052	$9,474
District Graduation Rates	60%	79%

Portland high school meetings start Tuesday (The Oregonian)
posted on November 16, 2009 at 05:35:27 pm
Nine public meetings are scheduled starting Tuesday to answer questions and get feedback on the Portland school district's plan to reorganize its high schools. The meetings will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., except at Grant High School, where the meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Former Tennessee Teacher Gets 12 Years for Having Sex with Student (Eyewitness News Memphis)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 08:34:41 pm
A former teacher at Portland High School convicted of having sex with a student has received the maximum sentence of 12 years in prison.
Teacher sex case nets 12-year prison sentence (The Tennessean)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 08:17:59 am
A former Portland High School teacher convicted of having sex with her underage teacher's aide has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Former Teacher Receives Maximum Sentence (News Channel 5 Nashville)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 09:06:32 pm
The former Portland High School teacher convicted of having sex with a student received the maximum sentence of 12 years on Friday.
Portland teacher sentenced to 12 years in sex case (WKRN Nashville)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 04:56:34 pm
Sandy Binkley received a 12-year sentence for having sex with a teenage student at Portland High School.

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Portland High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine (Cumberland County) which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district.
Established in 1821 as a boys' school, Portland is the fourteenth oldest public high school still operating in the United States, having been the third public high school to be established in the U.S. Joseph Libbey was its first principal. A separate school for girls was added in 1850, and in 1863 the school moved to Cumberland Avenue, its present location. The original school building on that site, which is now the middle wing of the modern school was originally divided into two by a brick wall running from top to bottom of the building to divide the girls from the boys. Much of the wall has been removed, but its remains can still be seen in the basement.
The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1984-11-23.
In 1989 a new annex was opened containing classrooms, a cafeteria, a theater/auditorium (named for John Ford) and an athletic facility. Portland High School, however, uses the off-campus Fitzpatrick Stadium, Hadlock Field, Portland Expo, and Portland Ice Arena for the school's sporting events.
The school principal, as of 2008, is Michael Johnson, and his assistants are Kimberly Wike and Steven Rogers. Approximately 1000 students are enrolled each year.
Notable alumni
Harold Taylor Andrews, killed in action, Battle of Cambrai, 1917; the first Portland native to die in World War I
Rear Admiral Albert Cleaves, World War II commander of Cruiser-Transport Force
LeBaron Coakley, illustrator and political cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Washington Post
Steven Michael Dibiase, United States envoy to the Canadian consulate
John Ford (John Martin Feeney), film director
John Lynch, U.S. Representative
Admiral Robert E. Peary, explorer, first to reach the North Pole
Edward Pennell, USMC, a Navy Cross recipient for his actions at Iwo Jima in February 1945
Quinton Porter, professional football player
Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
John Calvin Stevens, architect, pioneer of Shingle Style
Sewall C. Strout, U.S. federal court judge
Dave Epstein, Television Meteorologist, WCVB,TV Boston, Massachusetts
Dave Littlefield, Former Major League Baseball executive, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Wyatt Allen, Olympic gold and bronze medalist in rowing
Jonathan Connick, renowned for state high school swimming records, 1980-1983
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External links
Portland High School homepage
Portland High School profile provided by schooltree.org
Portland High Lacrosse
Portland High Football
Portland High Cheering

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