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Portland School District is located close to the center of Connecticut. Portland School District has 23.35 square miles of land area and 1.50 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Portland School District population is 9,483. Portland School District median household income is $82,770 in 2010-2014. Portland School District median house value is $269,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Portland School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (57 out of 121, top 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (62 out of 162, top 38%)* Rank: #75
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	9,483 (2010-2014), rank #113
Population Growth	-0.56% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	381.54/sq mi, rank #91
Median Household Income:	$82,770 at 2010-2014—-6.22% increase since 2005-2009, rank #72
Median House Price:	$269,000 at 2010-2014—-4.30% increase since 2005-2009, rank #89
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	23.35 sq mi, rank #107
Water Area:	1.50 sq mi (6.05%), rank #43
State:	Connecticut
County:	Middlesex County
City:	Portland
Zip:	06480
Area:	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

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Portland School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

264 Main St

Portland CT, 06480, Middlesex County

Phone: 860-342-6790

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,378	1,375	1,366	1,404	1,436	1,429	1,425
English Language Learner Students:	15	21	10	7	5	7	1
Total Teachers:	105.00	107.97	105.60	103.70	105.80	115.40	90.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.50	3.50
Elementary:	72.40	75.50	72.95	70.20	71.20	75.20	57.00
Secondary:	28.60	28.26	28.65	30.50	30.60	34.70	27.70
Ungraded:	2.00	2.21	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
Total Other Staff:	125.90	123.40	122.65	119.15	120.40	109.40	119.40
Instructional Aides:	31.00	29.50	27.00	26.00	26.50	25.50	26.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	8.00	8.00	7.60	7.60	7.60	5.00	6.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.40	1.40	1.40	1.50	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.20	0.20	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.50	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	1.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	5.40	5.40	5.40	5.40	5.40	5.40	5.40
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	5.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	5.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Student Support Services:	5.00	4.00	4.50	5.50	5.00	5.00	4.50
Other Support Services:	49.50	49.50	50.75	49.25	50.50	49.00	50.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.12	12.74	12.94	13.54	13.57	12.38	15.80

Schools

Brownstone Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	314 Main St, Portland CT 06480
Gildersleeve School	Grade 3 to Grade 4	575 1/2 Main St, Portland CT 06480
Portland High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	95 High St, Portland CT 06480
Portland Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	95 High St, Portland CT 06480
Valley View School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	81 High St, Portland CT 06480

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CAPT Test
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.8%	77.2%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	87.2%	79.7%
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	93%	78.8%
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	96.3%	80.3%
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	88.5%	78.8%
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.6%
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.7%
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82.7%
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92%	81.8%
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82.9%
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	81.9%
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	80.9%
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.0%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	81.4%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	89%	80.5%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85.9%	78.4%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	88.6%	81.5%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.7%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85.6%	80.2%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.7%
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.2%
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.2%
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	91.4%	86.5%
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	94.3%	86.2%
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.6%	88.6%
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	95.2%	88.8%
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	90.9%	88.9%
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.4%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.3%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	100%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.2%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	96.8%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98.2%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97.6%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.1%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	97.4%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	98.4%	84.3%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93.6%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93.3%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	99%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	95.7%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	99.1%	84.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.5%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.9%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.9%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	98.2%	87.0%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96.6%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.7%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98.2%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	99.1%	86.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.8%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	85.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	76.5%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.3%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93.7%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,014,000	$16,848		$22,657,000	$16,137		$22,004,000	$15,323
Federal:	$626,000	$458	2.7%	$1,266,000	$902	5.6%	$1,270,000	$884	5.8%
State:	$6,732,000	$4,928	29.3%	$5,655,000	$4,028	25.0%	$5,692,000	$3,964	25.9%
Local:	$15,656,000	$11,461	68.0%	$15,736,000	$11,208	69.5%	$15,042,000	$10,475	68.4%
Total Expenditures:	$21,979,000	$16,090		$21,417,000	$15,254		$20,817,000	$14,497
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,416,000	$14,946		$20,066,000	$14,292		$19,596,000	$13,646
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,942,000	$8,742	58.5%	$11,714,000	$8,343	58.4%	$11,874,000	$8,269	60.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,944,000	$1,423	9.5%	$1,833,000	$1,306	9.1%	$1,647,000	$1,147	8.4%
Administration:	$2,304,000	$1,687	11.3%	$2,175,000	$1,549	10.8%	$2,106,000	$1,467	10.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,226,000	$3,094	20.7%	$4,344,000	$3,094	21.6%	$3,969,000	$2,764	20.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$317,000	$232		$188,000	$134		$151,000	$105
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$68,000	$47
Total Other:	$34,000	$25		$34,000	$24		$34,000	$24
Interest on Debt:	$469,000	$343		$511,000	$364		$558,000	$389

Total Salary:	$11,649,000	$8,528		$11,448,000	$8,154		$11,410,000	$7,946
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,745,000	$5,670	66.5%	$7,704,000	$5,487	67.3%	$7,824,000	$5,448	68.6%
Other Salary:	$3,904,000	$2,858	33.5%	$3,744,000	$2,667	32.7%	$3,586,000	$2,497	31.4%
Total Benefit:	$5,442,000	$3,984		$5,075,000	$3,615		$5,046,000	$3,514
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,706,000	$2,713	68.1%	$3,485,000	$2,482	68.7%	$3,517,000	$2,449	69.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,736,000	$1,271	31.9%	$1,590,000	$1,132	31.3%	$1,529,000	$1,065	30.3%

* Portland School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.