Elementary · Maine

James Otis Kaler Elementary School

Free meals for all

James Otis Kaler Elementary School, a public elementary school in South Portland, Maine: grades pre-k–4, 179 students, 8.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South 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: 179
Teachers (FTE): 22.2
Students per teacher: 8.1
Grades: Pre-K–4; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 10.6 · 348 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 58% of elementary schools in Maine

Median 208 · 348 schools compared

Smaller than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: South Portland Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 165 South Kelsey Street, South Portland, ME 04106
Phone: (207)799-3214
City or town: South Portland
County: Cumberland County

Website Quality of life in South Portland Schools in South Portland

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Dyer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	194	9.6	0.6 mi
Frank I Brown Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–4	213	10.4	1.1 mi
Howard C Reiche Community SchFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	467	10.3	1.5 mi
Waldo T Skillin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–4	302	9.4	1.8 mi
Dora L Small Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–4	193	9.4	1.9 mi
Pond Cove ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	579	12.8	3.0 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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