2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bellefontaine, OH vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 41.5% more per student than Bellefontaine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.6% lower in Portland than in Bellefontaine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Bellefontaine
 Bellefontaine, OHPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,507  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor351  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bellefontaine    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have been living in Bellefontaine, Ohio for 12 years now and I think it is just sad that there is nothing for kids to do in this town. An so many wonder why kids just  More

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Over 19 years ago

Bellefontaine is boring, nothing ever changes. I would not recommend moving  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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