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Augusta, ME vs Rifle, CO

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Highlights
- Rifle spends 15.8% less per student than Augusta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.5% higher in Rifle than in Augusta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rifle had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Augusta
 Augusta, MERifle, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,757$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,350  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,791$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6014573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 16 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  More

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Reviews for Rifle    6 Reviews

I love the Western Slope!! While there are a lot of good things to be said about the Western Slope of Colorado, which Rifle is, there are some concerning things as  More

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Been living in the area for 3 years, Rifle for half of that. The city recently upgraded the water facilities, and the north half of I-70 no longer has the nasty hard  More

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Over 9 years ago

This area has a heroin/meth problem. It doesn't really impact you if you avoid it, but you tend to see a lot of tweakers/beggars/homeless around town. Water is not that  More

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