2025 Compare Cities Education:
Independence, KY vs Lewiston, ME

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Highlights
- Lewiston spends 27.0% more per student than Independence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.1% lower in Lewiston than in Independence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lewiston had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Independence
 Independence, KYLewiston, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,349$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,786  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,377$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4074573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Independence    2 Reviews

population and cost of living here is inaccurate. Many people esp. in the Independence area are pouring here from Ohio. The median cost of homes is a generalization if  More

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Over 12 years ago

The Learning Center is a family run childcare service. We pride ourselves in working with parents to ensure the proper learning environment for their children.With a  More

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Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 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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