Portland Public Schools (Maine)


Portland Public Schools is the public school district in Portland, Maine, United States. The district operates eighteen primary and secondary schools. It is the largest and most ethnically diverse school district in Maine, with a student body made up of roughly 42% minorities. The district operates expeditionary learning schools, a vocational school, and elementary, middle, and three high schools.

Demographics

http://www.portlandschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1094153/File/District%20Information/FastFactsSpring2015.Revised020515.compressed.final.pdf

List of schools

Superintendent of Schools: Xavier Botana

Elementary schools (K-5)

The Portland Public Schools prepare food at a central kitchen. The school department provides hot lunches for about 2,200 elementary students per day. In 2011, the Portland Public Schools added a daily vegetarian cold lunch option to its school menus. In 2019, the district changed to a daily hot vegan school meal option. The food service director said the vegan options were added to serve the schools' diverse student body.