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Gorham, Maine — Public Schools

The Gorham School Department operates five public schools serving Gorham, Maine: Gorham High School (grades 9-12), Gorham Middle School (grades 6-8), and three elementary schools — Narragansett, Village, and Great Falls. Total district enrollment is 2,718 students (peaked at 2,799 in 2019-20). Click any school below for the FY27 line-item findings affecting that building.

All five Gorham, Maine public schools

• Gorham High School (GHS) — Gorham, Maine — Grades 9-12
  Gorham High School (GHS) serves grades 9-12 in the Gorham School Department. GHS-specific items appear across the FY27 line-item audit, including the textbook line being zeroed out as enrollment grows.
• Gorham Middle School (GMS) — Gorham, Maine — Grades 6-8
  Gorham Middle School (GMS) serves grades 6-8. The FY27 budget book documents that GMS free/reduced-lunch enrollment more than doubled — from 8.8% to 20.73% — without a corresponding published resource plan.
• Narragansett Elementary School (Narragansett) — Gorham, Maine — Elementary
  Narragansett Elementary School is part of the Gorham School Department. The FY27 line-item audit identifies Special Education contracted services at Narragansett as up $343,880 (+52%) — the single largest line-item increase in the district.
• Village Elementary School (Village) — Gorham, Maine — Elementary
  Village Elementary School is part of the Gorham School Department. FY27 line-item findings include identical $15K facilities contracted-services increases at every school in the district.
• Great Falls Elementary School (Great Falls) — Gorham, Maine — Elementary
  Great Falls Elementary School is part of the Gorham School Department. The FY27 capital plan (CIPS) defers $156.9M of $194.7M planned capital spending into FY31 — affecting all five district schools.

Related findings (5)

• #19 — SpEd Contracted Services +$343,880 (+52%) — Largest Single Increase in the Budget
• #21 — Gorham Middle School Free/Reduced Lunch Doubled — 8.8% to 20.73% With No Resource Plan
• #26 — Gorham High School Textbooks Zeroed Out ($17,275 → $0) as Enrollment Grows
• #27 — Facilities Contracted Services: Identical $15K Increase at Every Single School
• #30 — Enrollment Declining Statewide and Locally — But $150M in School Expansion Planned

Last updated May 14, 2026.