2025 Compare Cities Education:
Caribou, ME vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 26.4% less per student than Caribou.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 62.6% higher in Birmingham than in Caribou. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Caribou
 Caribou, MEBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor345  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Caribou    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Don't believe the exaggerations about cold. April signals end of snow. First snowfall comes in November. May through September are very nice, unless you like HOT  More

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Over 19 years ago

You have 4 seasons to  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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