2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charlestown, IN vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Portage spends 25.8% more per student than Charlestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% higher in Portage than in Charlestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portage had 8.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Charlestown
 Charlestown, INPortage, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,940$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor2123  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.5%1.5%
Reviews for Charlestown    3 Reviews

I have lived in Charlestown for 55 years. I have raised 4 children in the warm and friendly city of Charlestown. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The schools  More

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Over 13 years ago

Iv live in charlestown for about 6 years now and the crime here is bad iv see police cars fly past my house iv see people in handcuffs iv even seen my neighbor carried  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice plce to raise a  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 20 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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