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Jacksonville, FL vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 80.8% more per student than Jacksonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.8% lower in Portland than in Jacksonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jacksonville

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 Jacksonville, FLPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,841$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,258$16,112$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,630$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.111.4416.23
 Students per Librarian22233604573
 Students per Counselor506265530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.3%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%16.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%56.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  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 3 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 6 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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ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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