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We present the strongest experimental limits to date on the mixing angle, θ , with which a new scalar particle, S , mixes with the Higgs field in the mass range 110 MeV < m S < 155 MeV . This result uses the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber to search for decays of these Higgs-portal scalar particles through the S → e + e − channel with the decays of kaons in the NuMI neutrino beam acting as the source of the scalar particles. The analysis uses an exposure of 2.01 × 10 21 protons on target of NuMI beam data including periods when the beam focusing system was configured to focus positively charged hadrons and separate periods when negatively charged hadrons were focused. The analysis searches for scalar particles produced from kaons decaying in flight in the beam’s decay volume and at rest in the target and absorber. At m S = 125 MeV ( m S = 150 MeV ) we set a limit of θ < 3.19 × 10 − 4 ( θ < 2.79 × 10 − 4 ) at the 95% confidence level.