2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jamestown, NY vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 30.1% less per student than Jamestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% higher in Portland than in Jamestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jamestown
 Jamestown, NYPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,759  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.72  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor290  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Jamestown    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

I have lived all over this country and can say that Jamestown is a lovely old city. It has some problems common to small, rural cities in the northeast - lack of job  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have been out West several times and find that we like the wide open spaces. Here in New York the foothills are to close and not enough open  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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