Portland Public Schools
Maine · 15 schools · 6,472 students
15.7%
Chronic Absence %
→
14.2%
Peer Benchmark
Rank #4737
Priority: 16/100
16,449
Recoverable Days
1.4 pts
Gap to Peers
9.2pp
Subgroup Disparity
15
Schools
Explanation
This school's chronic absenteeism rate is 15.7%, but peers in similar contexts achieve 14.2%. Closing this 1.4% gap across 6,472 students would recover approximately 16,449 attendance days per year.
Subgroup disparity score of 9.2% indicates meaningful differences in chronic absenteeism across student demographics.
Priority Score Breakdown
Trend Over Time
Schools in this District
| Rank | School | Enrollment | CA Rate | Recoverable Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13963 | Lincoln Middle School | 435 | 28.7% | 17,632 |
| 14304 | Portland High School | 952 | 16.3% | 17,300 |
| 18668 | Deering High School | 750 | 20.1% | 13,395 |
| 19895 | Howard C Reiche Community Sch | 427 | 26.7% | 12,509 |
| 22903 | East End Community School | 407 | 24.8% | 10,544 |
| 28559 | Gerald E Talbot Community School | 364 | 22.0% | 7,571 |
| 31227 | Ocean Avenue | 347 | 16.4% | 6,376 |
| 33079 | Harrison Lyseth Elem School | 496 | 12.5% | 5,609 |
| 43655 | Peaks Island School | 41 | 36.6% | 2,185 |
| 46523 | King Middle School | 453 | 12.1% | 1,401 |
| 66743 | Amanda C Rowe School | 449 | 6.0% | 0 |
| 66744 | Longfellow School-Portland | 257 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 66745 | Lyman Moore Middle School | 482 | 2.5% | 0 |
| 66746 | Casco Bay High School | 382 | 4.5% | 0 |
| 66747 | Presumpscot School | 230 | 4.3% | 0 |