2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bar Harbor, ME vs Boston, MA

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Highlights
- Boston spends 47.5% more per student than Bar Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.2% higher in Boston than in Bar Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boston had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bar Harbor
 Bar Harbor, MEBoston, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,932$29,396$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,349$23,918$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,877$13,967$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.8511.2516.23
 Students per Librarian4827174573
 Students per Counselor309567530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.3%12.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%4.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.4%52.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.4%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.1%3.6%1.5%
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health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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