2025 Compare Cities Education:
Excelsior, MN vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 7.8% less per student than Excelsior.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% lower in Portland than in Excelsior. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Excelsior
 Excelsior, MNPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,406  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.07  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor533  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Excelsior    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

great place to  More

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Over 18 years ago

...but on a beautiful Lake Minnetonka, the climate is great for summer lake activities and winter lake activities like  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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