2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cape May, NJ vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 32.1% less per student than Cape May.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% higher in Portland than in Cape May. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cape May
 Cape May, NJPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,850  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor282  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Cape May    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Cape May is a picturesque pleasant town with a increase in population in the summer months. As a tourist town a good deal of the people who live here make the bulk of  More

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From the beaches of Cape May at the true south of New Jersey, to the vastness of the Wildwood beaches, to the shimmering water and clean sands of Avalon and Stone  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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