2026 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Pierce, FL vs Waterville, ME

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Highlights
- Waterville spends 46.1% more per student than Fort Pierce.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.5% lower in Waterville than in Fort Pierce. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterville had 15.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Pierce
 Fort Pierce, FLWaterville, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,002  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Pierce    4 Reviews

Fort Pierce has both beautiful pristine Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Indian River Lagoon state of the art marinas. The two are linked by the best ocean inlet in the state  More

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Over 19 years ago

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Over 19 years ago

I moved here from Ohio nearly three years ago. It was fun at first...fishing,the beach and the winter weather was nice. But, after the honeymoon was over, I began to see  More

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Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 12 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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