2025 Compare Cities Education:
Greenville, SC vs Augusta, ME

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Highlights
- Augusta spends 35.7% more per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.9% lower in Augusta than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Augusta had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, SCAugusta, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 3 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  More

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Reviews for Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 15 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  More

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