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Damariscotta, ME vs Lewiston, ME

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Highlights
- Lewiston spends 31.9% less per student than Damariscotta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% lower in Lewiston than in Damariscotta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lewiston had 9.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Damariscotta

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 Damariscotta, MELewiston, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,537$15,349$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,780$13,737$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,884$8,377$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.8411.5316.23
 Students per Librarian4584074573
 Students per Counselor414313530
 Grade School Educ.0.3%5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.2%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%16.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.9%10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.2%21.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.2%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%0.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.8%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Damariscotta    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Wiscassett has a humongous amount of hubris to confer this title on themselves, particularly with D-Town just down the road !!! Damariscotta is 5 star quaint,  More

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Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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