Elementary · Maine

Harrison Lyseth Elem School

Free meals for all

Harrison Lyseth Elem School, a public elementary school in Portland, Maine: grades pre-k–5, 489 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Portland Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
489
Teachers (FTE)
40.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 93% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 208 · 348 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maine's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maine: 65%

72%proficient

+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 65% · 298 elementary schools compared

224 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maine: 50%

73%proficient

+5.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 57% · 297 elementary schools compared

226 students tested, grades 3–8 · Maine Through Year Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Portland Public Schools.

Location

Address
175 Auburn ST, Portland, ME 04103
Phone
(207)874-8215
City or town
Portland

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–539410.648%38%
Presumpscot SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–526610.576%65%
Ocean AvenueFree meals for all
K–533710.567%58%
Falmouth Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–587111.183%82%
Longfellow School-PortlandFree meals for all
Pre-K–526311.488%82%
Amanda C Rowe SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–547010.475%57%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 230993000272