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Spurwink School

899 Riverside Street, Portland, ME, 04103-0410 -

School Notes Overview:

Founded in 1960 in Portland, Maine, Spurwink has developed into a premiere treatment facility that has gained the respect and admiration of state leaders, mental health providers and communities throughout Maine. We are a network of professionals providing mental health, educational and residential services for children, adolescents and adults. Spurwink works to improve and maintain the highest possible level of functioning for individuals served. Spurwink provides a stable, emotionally supportive environment in which clients can develop self-esteem and learn new skills. The wide array of programs and services is designed to meet the identified needs of each client and, to this end, each client's program is highly individualized and continually reviewed, monitored and refined....

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School Overview:

	Spurwink School
School Type	Special Education School
School Membership(s)	Council of Bilingual Education
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Nursery/Preschool - Nursery/Preschool
County	Cumberland County, ME
Student Body
Total Students	231 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(ME) School Avg.
% Students of Color	2%	3%
Students by Grade
	Unspecified Grade Placement - 231 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	35 teachers
	This School	(ME) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:6	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	220 days	175 days
Hours in School Day for Students	5 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

Founded in 1960 in Portland, Maine, Spurwink has developed into a premiere treatment facility that has gained the respect and admiration of state leaders, mental health providers and communities throughout Maine. We are a network of professionals providing mental health, educational and residential services for children, adolescents and adults. Spurwink works to improve and maintain the highest possible level of functioning for individuals served. Spurwink provides a stable, emotionally supportive environment in which clients can develop self-esteem and learn new skills. The wide array of programs and services is designed to meet the identified needs of each client and, to this end, each client's program is highly individualized and continually reviewed, monitored and refined.
Profile last updated: 03/10/2007

In the News:

Chaplin listened, exceled in baseball (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
posted on April 23, 2009 at 09:03:26 am
AUBURN - A long, silent bus ride home from Vermont. A loud, nasty crowd in Massachusetts. Jim Chaplin remembers the sounds of his baseball career as much as anything else. So often, it was the sounds, the voices, or even the lack thereof, that told him what he needed to do to be a better pitcher.
Former client gives back (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
posted on April 14, 2009 at 09:13:21 am
AUBURN - Steve Finkel was 10 when his parents dropped him off at a Spurwink group home in Portland. It was 1965 and Finkel was having trouble at his regular school in Massachusetts. He was energetic and intelligent, but also hyperactive and learning disabled.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (04103)	School Zip (04103)	(ME) State Average
Population (Approximate)	29,135 people	1,273,094 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	44%	27%
Population Average Age	37 years old	38 years old
Average Household size	2.3 persons	2.2 persons
Median Household Income	$43,605	$38,403
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5.5 rooms	5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	53 years old	50 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (4103) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	58% / 42%	62% / 38%