30 Melbourne Street #1
Portland, ME 04101

Deering high school is a great school. It has had some issues in the past but has, in my experience as a student, consistently progressed in quality and attention to the needs of the students. Although members of the student body can sometimes be rambunctious go over the top (which can be said to some extent about almost all schools), the majority of the students are kind and chill. Deering is a great school with very diverse cultures and community overall.

Both of my children went to Reiche. I don't usually post reviews online, but after seeing the horrible rating on this site, I felt compelled. The teachers are incredible: hardworking, intelligent, creative, and caring. They are so good at building community in an amazingly diverse school for Maine. The international potluck will rock your tastebuds and the talent show will have you weepy at least once. I am a teacher in one of the rich suburban schools nearby and am so glad my kids went to Reiche!

First the positives..Teachers at the school really seem to care about the children. My kids have been lucky to have supportive, dedicated teachers and advisors that they trust, like, and learn from. It's also a beautiful community of children, where kids can find diverse friend groups, and where there is comparatively little of the friction and bullying that people associate with middle school.This school has struggled with its administration, though. Communication with the principal's office is difficult, which is unusual for a Portland school. When asked to respond to specific concerns or needs, they either ignore or deflect, which makes working with them very frustrating. It's too bad - Lyman Moore has a great school community which deserves better leadership.

We love the teachers, staff, facility, and other families at East End School.

My son is a student at PHS and is receiving an excellent education. He is being challenged and has an extensive selection of STEM electives to choose from. AP classes senior year offer courses at local colleges. As a violinist, he finds the orchestra a great group with exceptional instruction. Sports are competitive with a strong emphasis on true sportsman/woman ship and teamwork. The diversity makes for a rich experience. Highly recommend.

I'm so glad my daughter went there (and she is, too). The humanities were really outstanding, STEM, at the time, not so much. She learned great study skills and great life skills which served her well at a very demanding college. The things CBHS was weak on she could easily get access to elsewhere: kids can enroll in a USM college course (free) when they're juniors and seniors, they can be on Portland HS or Deering HS sports teams, they can take AP classes at these bigger schools too.